Restoring the Lost Sense

An illustration from a 1921 issue of Munsey's magazine.  The caption reads: "For an instant Bob stood thus, then slowly the swear words, whatever they were, slipped from his mind."

"The Substance and the Shadow":  an illustration from a 1901 issue of Life magazine.

An illustration from an 1881 issue of Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly magazine.

Dedicated to Teresa Burritt.

An illustration from a 1916 issue of Everybody's magazine.

An illustration from a 1919 issue of Munsey's magazine.  The caption reads: "Through the open window she hurled the fat-faced Buddha."

An illustration from a 1909 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.  The headline reads: "His only rival."

An illustration from a 1919 issue of Munsey's magazine.  The caption reads: "He saw a veritable cloud of evil creatures, swimming about like fish in dark waters."

An illustration from an 1879 issue of Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly magazine.

A crack in the sky from a 1906 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.

An illustration from a 1914 issue of McClure's magazine.  The caption reads: "No, he doesn't explain a thing; just says he's coming back to-night. ... Do you think he knows about—them?"

An illustration from an 1878 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "The beginning of trouble."

Dedicated to Teresa Burritt.

An illustration from a 1902 issue of Everybody's magazine.  The caption reads: "She is not there, Danny."

An illustration of a profile cliff from an 1899 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.

An illustration from a 1916 issue of Collier's magazine.

An illustration from an 1878 issue of Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly magazine.  The caption reads: "In love with an automaton. — Through the stifling cloud of bituminous smoke, he scarcely perceived what manner of being it was.  He caught it up in his arms, and bore it through the passage, and down the stairs."

An illustration from a 1904 issue of Pall Mall magazine.  The caption reads: "Don't spring so—I am not a ghost yet."

An illustration from a 1916 issue of Everybody's magazine.

An illustration from a 1911 issue of Everybody's magazine.  The caption reads: "He was not walking on the wall.  He was walking on air, three or feet above the wall."