Restoring the Lost Sense

An illustration from a 1902 issue of Everybody's magazine.

An illustration from a 1902 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "As though she listened still to words in her ears."

An illustration from an 1876 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "Science versus Mother Goose."

An illustration from a 1919 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.  The caption reads: "'Very well—go!'  The cadaverous personage stood erect and pointed to the door.  'Go—but the demon will tap you on the shoulder and say, 'Come with me.'"

An illustration from an 1895 issue of Pall Mall magazine.  The caption reads: "'And I,' he said, 'lived nine months in the same house with that skunk.'"

"The Witching Hour":  an illustration from a 1909 issue of Life magazine.

"A verbalized thought-mummy":  an illustration from a 1906 issue of Everybody's magazine.

A ghostly illustration from an 1896 issue of Pall Mall magazine.  The caption reads: "I saw what made my heart stand still."

An illustration from a 1914 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.

On this day in history—Sunset at the equator on May 15, 1902.  An illustration from a 1903 issue of Century Illustrated magazine.

An illustration from a 1901 issue of McClure's magazine.  The caption reads: "Forward again, by the dim, intermittent light of the moon and stars, through the ghostly, haunted forest."

"The Key to Nowhere":  an illustration from a 1915 issue of Everybody's magazine.

An illustration from a 1900 issue of Scribner's magazine.  The caption reads: "He heard their seductive voices.  They danced around him in numbers."

"The thing grew in sound":  an illustration from a 1919 issue of Munsey's magazine.

An illustration from a 1903 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.  The caption reads: "He saw the chicks ... gigantic and gawky ... and still growing."

At the time of posting, the caption in this illustration from a 1921 issue of Munsey's magazine is a GOOGLEWHACK!  "You don't grouch because a lily doesn't grow lima beans, do you?"

An illustration from an 1895 issue of Pall Mall magazine.  The headline reads: "Footprints of the Devil in our own country."