An illustration from a 1916 issue of Green Book magazine.  The caption reads: "His fingers ran about the keyboard and seemed to meet her fingers there as before.  She was at his side, her hands crossing his, his fingers lingering on hers.  He turned to clasp her . . . but his arms found only emptiness."

An illustration from a 1914 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "There is something that lives on here, in this room."

An illustration from a 1916 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "Miss Holmes made no answer, for she, too, was seeing the vision."

An illustration from a 1917 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine.

An illustration from a 1911 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine.  The caption reads: "The ceremony of 'Berrying' the Ghost.  Observe the berries in the children's hands."

An illustration from a 1914 issue of Century Illustrated magazine.

A ghostly illustration from an 1883 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "The apparition."

An illustration from an 1869 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "The wise man's home changed."

An illustration from a 1907 issue of The Strand magazine.

An illustration of a genie in a fireplace from a 1900 issue of The Strand magazine.

An illustration from a 1906 issue of Harper's magazine.

An illustration from a 1911 issue of Scribner's magazine.  The caption reads: "It was perhaps a little past the third hour after midnight....He stretched both hands across the table...and whispered a name."

Staring into the depths: an illustration from an 1894 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.  The caption reads: "As seen through the face-glass."

An illustration from an 1870 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "The doppelganger."

An illustration from an 1895 issue of Scribner's magazine.  The caption reads: "Was it a beam of light that I saw in the pathway, touching the pallid bloom of the tall cosmos-flower?"

An illustration from an 1883 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "The night's Plutonian shore."

An illustration from a 1921 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "The guardian ghost of the treasure."