"The Witching Hour":  an illustration from a 1909 issue of Life magazine.

An illustration from a 1900 issue of Scribner's magazine.  The caption reads: "Dreamed of clipping about on a silently revolving wheel."

"The Spirit of the Dusk":  an illustration from a 1901 issue of Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly magazine.

An illustration from a 1905 issue of McClure's magazine.

An illustration from a 1901 issue of The Strand magazine.  The caption reads: "They carried him into darkness."

An illustration from an 1872 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "Yet still she's looking toward the shore beyond the waters black in night."

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."

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

An illustration from an 1869 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "The night-watch."

"There is another way": an illustration from an 1897 issue of The Ludgate Illustrated magazine.

An illustration from a 1902 issue of English Illustrated magazine.  The caption reads: "And then the thing took a certain shape and form."

An illustration from an 1884 issue of Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours magazine.

An illustration from a 1904 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "He stood looking out into the night."

An illustration from an 1892 issue of English Illustrated magazine.

An illustration from a 1922 issue of Century Illustrated magazine.  The caption reads: "She was sifting from palm to palm the red dust that is dust of a vanished race."

An illustration from an 1884 issue of Harper's magazine.

An illustration from a 1901 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "Before his mind could grasp the picture it was gone."

An illustration from a 1908 issue of Century Illustrated magazine.

An illustration from a 1910 issue of Hampton's magazine.  The caption reads: "Who can ever doubt the magic potency of black?"