Restoring the Lost Sense

An illustration from a 1915 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "I don't need other people's thoughts; I've got my own."

"The Runaway Doll": an illustration from an 1872 issue of Our Boys and Girls magazine.

An illustration from a 1901 issue of The Strand magazine.  The caption reads: "The straw hat was the lodestar."

An illustration from an 1871 issue of Our Boys and Girls magazine.

An illustration from an 1899 issue of McClure's magazine.  The caption reads: "'It's extraordinary,' Ackerly thought, as he ... listened to the spirits in the violin calling to the king cobra."

An illustration from a 1902 edition of Vaught's Practical Character Reader.  The caption reads: "The above illustration shows that two Roman noses are surely too many in one family, especially in husband and wife."

[Thanks, Gordon!]

An illustration from an 1891 issue of The Strand magazine.  The caption reads: "The Queen of Spades denotes ill-luck."

"How I've Changed!": an illustration from a 1912 issue of Saturday Evening Post.

"What a beautiful dream!": an illustration from a 1902 issue of Harper's magazine.

An illustration from an 1875 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "Time smoking a picture: as Statues moulder into Worth."

83 years before Why Cats Paint: an illustration from a 1911 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "Mrs. Cat: 'Are you going to sit there and mew all day?  Why don't you paint?'  Mr. Cat: 'I am waiting for my mews to inspire me.'"

An illustration from a 1912 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.

An illustration from a 1902 issue of Everybody's magazine.

An illustration from a 1902 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "As though she listened still to words in her ears."

An illustration from an 1876 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "Science versus Mother Goose."

An illustration from a 1919 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.  The caption reads: "'Very well—go!'  The cadaverous personage stood erect and pointed to the door.  'Go—but the demon will tap you on the shoulder and say, 'Come with me.'"

An illustration from an 1895 issue of Pall Mall magazine.  The caption reads: "'And I,' he said, 'lived nine months in the same house with that skunk.'"