"Tommy on exhibition," from St. Nicholas magazine, 1877.

From Harvard and its Surroundings by Moses King and Thomas Parker Ivy, 1878.

Here'a a rabbit as the magician, from St. Nicholas magazine, 1910.

From The Fortnightly Review, 1916.

From United States Telegraph Extra, 1832.

From St. Nicholas magazine, 1904.

From St. Nicholas magazine.

An illustration from Rank Doggerel by James Hewson (1892).  The caption reads: "They were tiny and neat."

An illustration from Gulliver's Travels.  The caption reads: "Squeezing my legs together, he wedged them into the marrow-bone."

An illustration from a 1901 issue of The Lady's Realm magazine.

A surrealist illustration from a 1906 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.  The caption reads: "I saw the shadow of an enormous foot and felt a rush of air."

A surrealist illustration from a 1906 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.  The caption reads: "I gazed over into a crumbling formation of hot ashes."

An illustration from a 1920 issue of Life magazine.

A surrealist illustration from a 1906 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.  The caption reads: "The great sphere I recognized after closer scrutiny as an orange."

A surrealist illustration from a 1906 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.  The caption reads: "I struck out for a side of the glass, swimming valiantly."

A surrealist illustration from a 1906 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.  The caption reads: "A tornado that lifted me off my feet and flung me headlong to the pavement."

A surrealist illustration from a 1906 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.  The caption reads: "I made a headlong dash down the end of the keyboard."

Our caption to this illustration from an 1877 issue of Scribner's Monthly is dedicated to house painters.