Restoring the Lost Sense

An illustration from Parents and Children (1873).  The caption reads: "In a moment Maurice was on fire!"

An illustration from The Autobiography of a Man O' War's Bell by C. R. Low (1875).  The caption reads: "I stepped forward, eagerly seized a paper, when oh, horror! there appeared before my eyes, as I hastily opened the slip, the single word—Death!"

An illustration from Other Stories by E. H. Knatchbull Hugessen (1880).

An illustration from Etidorhpa, or The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of the Initiate's Remarkable Journey by John Uri Lloyd (1895).  The caption reads: "Suspended in vacancy, he seemed to float."

"Flying from death to death": an illustration from Benita: An African Romance by Henry Rider Haggard (1906).

An illustration from Rambles in the Footsteps of Don Quixote by H. D. Inglis (1837).

A halo of hair from a 1900 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.

An illustration from The Man Who Was Dead by Arthur Williams Marchmont (1907).  The caption reads: "It was a sweet memory to take into the land where nothing counts."

An illustration from The Bill Toppers by Andre Castaigne (1909).  The caption reads: "Powerful rays shot out to every side."

An illustration from An Amiable Charlatan by Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1916).  The caption reads: "Ladies and gentlemen, if you please!  Nothing has happened."

"Demon Rum": an illustration from a 1907 issue of Puck magazine.

An illustration from an 1890 issue of The Home-Maker magazine.  The caption reads: "'The Sky!' gasped Esmeé."

An illustration from a 1901 issue of Puck magazine.

An illustration from She by Henry Rider Haggard.  The caption reads: "I saw the fire run up her form."

An illustration from a 1908 issue of Putnam's magazine.  The caption reads: "What did she mean when she said 'Do we Pivot?'"

An illustration from an 1878 issue of London Society Illustrated magazine.

An illustration from an 1881 issue of Frank Leslie's Sunday magazine.  The caption reads: "The paraselenae, or mock moons, that appeared over Denver, Colorado on Feb. 14, 1882."