An illustration from Past, Present and Future by James E. White (1909).  The caption reads: "Falling, gently falling. —Scene at Denver, Colo. / A Dangerous Power. —Scene at South Bend, Ind."

"The Crystal Ball:" an illustration from a 1901 issue of The Lady's Realm magazine.  The caption reads: "With sudden fury he seized the crystal and flung it through the window with all his force."

An illustration from The Flying Death by Samuel Hopkins Adams (1908).  The caption reads: "Great God of Wonders!"

"But yonder beam forbids me to despair": from Sir Walter Raleigh: A Tragedy by William John Dixon, 1897.

An illustration from an 1894 issue of The Quiver magazine.  The caption reads: "'Surely you are not going out in this rain?' she cried."

"The Lady of the Weather": an illustration from The Marches of Wales by Charles George Harper (1894).

An illustration from an 1887 issue of Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours magazine.  The caption reads: "I endeavored to command speech, but something in the cold statuesque form froze every faculty."

"The Comet and the Glowworm": an illustration from an 1874 issue of The Quiver magazine.

An illustration from The Tomahawk (August 31, 1867).

"The Whisper in the Night": an illustration from an 1887 issue of Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours magazine.

An illustration from an 1870 issue of The Tomahawk magazine.

An illustration from an 1890 issue of The Quiver magazine.  The caption reads: "There was nothing—nothing there!"

An illustration from an 1889 issue of The Quiver magazine.  The caption reads: "The Doctor read with all his eyes."

An illustration from a 1907 issue of The Reader magazine.  The caption reads: "'Your dope is some wrong,' said the shade. 'Did you ever hear that every person had two minds?'"

"There is only one key ... and that is all keys in one." —Rupert Hughes, Żal: An International Romance (1905)

An illustration from an 1887 issue of Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours magazine.  The caption reads: "The sexton's ghost.—'He saw something move.  It was a tall figure, and it tottered weakly toward the gate on which he leaned."

An illustration from a 1900 issue of The Lady's Realm magazine.  The caption reads: "It was like a bad dream."