Restoring the Lost Sense

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

"A verbalized thought-mummy":  an illustration from a 1906 issue of Everybody's magazine.

A ghostly illustration from an 1896 issue of Pall Mall magazine.  The caption reads: "I saw what made my heart stand still."

An illustration from a 1914 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.

On this day in history—Sunset at the equator on May 15, 1902.  An illustration from a 1903 issue of Century Illustrated magazine.

An illustration from a 1901 issue of McClure's magazine.  The caption reads: "Forward again, by the dim, intermittent light of the moon and stars, through the ghostly, haunted forest."

"The Key to Nowhere":  an illustration from a 1915 issue of Everybody's magazine.

An illustration from a 1900 issue of Scribner's magazine.  The caption reads: "He heard their seductive voices.  They danced around him in numbers."

"The thing grew in sound":  an illustration from a 1919 issue of Munsey's magazine.

An illustration from a 1903 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.  The caption reads: "He saw the chicks ... gigantic and gawky ... and still growing."

At the time of posting, the caption in this illustration from a 1921 issue of Munsey's magazine is a GOOGLEWHACK!  "You don't grouch because a lily doesn't grow lima beans, do you?"

An illustration from an 1895 issue of Pall Mall magazine.  The headline reads: "Footprints of the Devil in our own country."

An illustration from a 1921 issue of Munsey's magazine.  The caption reads: "For an instant Bob stood thus, then slowly the swear words, whatever they were, slipped from his mind."

"The Substance and the Shadow":  an illustration from a 1901 issue of Life magazine.

An illustration from an 1881 issue of Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly magazine.

Dedicated to Teresa Burritt.

An illustration from a 1916 issue of Everybody's magazine.

An illustration from a 1919 issue of Munsey's magazine.  The caption reads: "Through the open window she hurled the fat-faced Buddha."

An illustration from a 1909 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.  The headline reads: "His only rival."

An illustration from a 1919 issue of Munsey's magazine.  The caption reads: "He saw a veritable cloud of evil creatures, swimming about like fish in dark waters."

An illustration from an 1879 issue of Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly magazine.