Restoring the Lost Sense

An illustration from an 1887 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.  The caption reads: "The Chinese must go."

An illustration from an 1856 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "Indignant Britisher [J. Arris, Ouse Hagent]—'Get out of my 'ouse, you 'orrid Hobject.  Go to Hamerica, where they are so fond of you.  You 'ave no business 'ere.'"

An illustration from a 1901 issue of Pall Mall magazine.  The caption reads:

An illustration from an 1858 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "Smuggled candy in school; smoked cigars, and—oh, fie!—read a great many very queer books on the sly."

Dedicated to Teresa Burritt.

An illustration from an 1898 issue of Pall Mall magazine.

An illustration from an 1897 issue of Pall Mall magazine.

An illustration from an 1884 issue of London Society Illustrated magazine.  The caption reads: "The gold sprite."

An illustration from an 1895 issue of The Strand magazine.  The caption reads: "Curfew shall not ring to-night."

Dedicated to Teresa Burritt.

An illustration from an 1899 issue of Pall Mall magazine.  The caption reads: "He seemed to hear a girl's voice, saying, 'Hilton-under-the-Edge—it's a queer name for a village.'"

An illustration from a 1902 issue of Pall Mall magazine.  The caption reads: "'When,' he cried, 'will women learn that the small hours of the morning are the very worst in which to start these infernal maunderings about their empty lives?'"

An illustration from a 1905 issue of Pall Mall magazine.  The caption simply reads: "Science."

Auroral spirits: An illustration from a 1903 issue of Century Illustrated magazine.

An illustration from an 1896 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "He went into one of his trances."

An illustration from a 1906 issue of Pall Mall magazine.  The caption reads: "'Oh, don't!' she cried.  'Don't get any bigger.  I can't bear it.'"

The lure of the North Pole: an illustration from a 1906 issue of Pall Mall magazine.