Restoring the Lost Sense

An illustration from Other Stories by E. H. Knatchbull Hugessen (1880).

An illustration from Etidorhpa, or The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of the Initiate's Remarkable Journey by John Uri Lloyd (1895).  The caption reads: "Each finger pointed towards the open way in front."

An illustration from Etidorhpa, or The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of the Initiate's Remarkable Journey by John Uri Lloyd (1895).  The caption reads: "A mirror was thrust beneath my gaze."

An illustration from Etidorhpa, or The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of the Initiate's Remarkable Journey by John Uri Lloyd (1895).  The caption reads: "We leaped over great inequalities."

An illustration from Etidorhpa, or The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of the Initiate's Remarkable Journey by John Uri Lloyd (1895).  The caption reads: "This struggling ray of sunlight is to be your last for years."

An illustration from Etidorhpa, or The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of the Initiate's Remarkable Journey by John Uri Lloyd (1895).  The caption reads: "I stood alone in my room holding the mysterious manuscript."

An illustration from Etidorhpa, or The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of the Initiate's Remarkable Journey by John Uri Lloyd (1895).  The caption reads: "With fear and trembling I crept on my knees to his side."

An illustration from Parents and Children (1873).  The caption reads: "In a moment Maurice was on fire!"

An illustration from The Autobiography of a Man O' War's Bell by C. R. Low (1875).  The caption reads: "I stepped forward, eagerly seized a paper, when oh, horror! there appeared before my eyes, as I hastily opened the slip, the single word—Death!"

An illustration from Other Stories by E. H. Knatchbull Hugessen (1880).

An illustration from Etidorhpa, or The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of the Initiate's Remarkable Journey by John Uri Lloyd (1895).  The caption reads: "Suspended in vacancy, he seemed to float."

"Flying from death to death": an illustration from Benita: An African Romance by Henry Rider Haggard (1906).

An illustration from Rambles in the Footsteps of Don Quixote by H. D. Inglis (1837).

A halo of hair from a 1900 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.

An illustration from The Man Who Was Dead by Arthur Williams Marchmont (1907).  The caption reads: "It was a sweet memory to take into the land where nothing counts."

An illustration from The Bill Toppers by Andre Castaigne (1909).  The caption reads: "Powerful rays shot out to every side."

An illustration from An Amiable Charlatan by Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1916).  The caption reads: "Ladies and gentlemen, if you please!  Nothing has happened."

"Demon Rum": an illustration from a 1907 issue of Puck magazine.