Restoring the Lost Sense

An illustration from an 1854 issue of Arthur's Home magazine.  The caption reads: "Private practice in homeopathy."

An illustration from The Haunted Major by Robert Marshall (1902).  The caption reads: "I saw the cardinal blow with might and main."

An illustration from a 1906 issue of The Reader magazine.  The caption reads: "Mother Borton moved the candle back and forth before my face."

An illustration from The Mahatma and the Hare: A Dream Story by H Rider Haggard (1911).  The caption reads: "The great white road."

An illustration from an 1887 issue of Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours magazine.

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!"

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."

An illustration from a 1903 issue of The Lady's Realm magazine.  The caption reads: "'I have come,' it said, 'and I was once great.'"

"So many rows done, so many to be done—ah! Yes, 'tis March 30." From Cured by an Incurable by Philip Bennett Power and illustrated by Edmund Fitzpatrick, 1888.

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

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

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?'"

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."