An illustration from Seeing England with Uncle John by Anne Warner (1908).  The caption reads: "He said no, he was n't a saint."

"Not That Way": an illustration from The Fur Country by Jules Verne (1874).

"St. Valehtine's [sic] Prisoner," from Pleasant Hours, 1888.

An illustration from The Fur Country by Jules Verne (1874).  The caption reads: "I think it is time to retrace our steps."

This "Black Death Record" is a precursor to the music label Black Death Records, from The Grange of St. Giles, the Bass by Jane Stewart Smith, 1898.

An illustration from The Divine Seal by Emma Louise Orcutt (1909).

You've heard that a horse was a Roman senator, but did you know a buffalo was the earl of Southesk?

An illustration from The Fur Country by Jules Verne (1874).  The caption reads: "All might watch the progress of the phenomenon."

"DEVIL":  an illustration from an 1897 issue of The Idler magazine.

Here's a precursor to the modern computer from The Chase of the Golden Plate by Jacques Futrelle (1906).  The caption reads: "Suddenly he stopped and turned upon The Thinking Machine."

An illustration from A Brief History of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers by Theophilus Charles Noble (1889).  The caption reads: "St. Dunstan gives a practical reminder of the power of the horseshoe."

An illustration from Jock of the Bushveld by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick (1907).  The caption reads: "The haunting mystery of eyes and nothing more."

An illustration from The Fur Country by Jules Verne (1874).  The caption reads: "To the icebergs! to the icebergs!"

An illustration from Carrageen and Other Legends by K. M. Loudon (1892), drawn by Edith Scannell.  The caption reads: "And the snow fairies came and covered them both."

An illustration from The Land of Thor by J. Ross Browne (1870).

An illustration from Oh Mary, Be Careful! by George Weston (1917).  The caption reads: "'Oh, dear!' she thought in sudden alarm, 'what's he doing that for?'"

An illustration from Philo Gubb, Correspondence School Detective by Ellis Parker Butler (1918).  The caption reads: "Mr. Winterberry did not seem to be concealed among them."

An illustration from The Bachelors Club by Laurel Zangwill (1891).  The caption reads: "I met him in the Atlantic and congratulated him."

Ruined castles are actually the bones of once vibrant creations, not only alive but kicking.  (You've surely heard of flying buttresses.)  Our illustration of "a real live castle" is from Our Boys in Ireland by Henry Willard French, 1891.

An illustration from Peg Woffington by Charles Reade (1868).  The caption reads: "Oh, yes! you are beautiful, you are gifted, and the eyes of thousands wait upon your every word and look."