An illustration from an 1890 issue of Illustrated American magazine.

An illustration from an 1861 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "The lightning goblin."

An illustration from a 1912 issue of Hampton's magazine.  The caption reads: "Are the dim shades of night full of prophecy?"

An illustration from a 1916 issue of Century Illustrated magazine.  The caption reads: "You could see Broadway blazing off to the west, and she'd stare at the lights."

"I wanted to send her a wireless message that she was an idiot":  an illustration from a 1905 issue of Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly magazine.

An illustration from an 1898 issue of Wide World magazine.  The caption reads: "The one word, 'salt,' struck us with horror."

An illustration from a 1920 issue of Munsey's magazine.

An illustration from a 1910 issue of Hampton's magazine.  The caption reads: "'I propose, my dear,' I said, 'to let him spin until he is permanently recovered or become too permanently dizzy for any use.'"

"The Jinn":  an illustration from a 1910 issue of Century Illustrated magazine.

An illustration from a 1909 issue of Hampton's magazine.  The caption reads: "It was Mrs. Dooby's pleasure to sit for long hours looking out of a window."

An illustration from an 1872 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "In that instant Dolly's future fate was decided."

An illustration from a 1910 issue of Hampton's magazine.  The caption reads: "The juice, or whatever it was, didn't seem to be strong enough."

An illustration from an 1891 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.  The headline reads: "Rapid Transit in Great Cities."

An illustration from a 1911 issue of Hampton's magazine.  The caption reads: "Hallucinations and the World Beyond: Little comfort in a ghost chair."

An illustration from an 1869 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "The melted bracelet."

An illustration from a 1910 issue of Hampton's magazine.  The caption reads: "Marthe cried out that something was pulling her hair."

An illustration from a 1912 issue of Hampton's magazine.  The caption reads: "Concentrate thought on a given matter."

"A Strange Valentine": an illustration from an 1883 issue of Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly magazine.  The caption reads: "Sprinkling the pulverized herbs over the fire, and with her eyes fixed on the bright moon, she pronounced, in an extremely tremulous voice, the invocation."

An illustration from a 1910 issue of Hampton's magazine.