Staring into the depths: an illustration from a 1902 issue of The Strand magazine.  The caption reads: "The childish eyes, wide and wistful, doubtless saw in the bright flames pictures of wonder and delight."

An illustration from a 1914 issue of McClure's magazine.

An illustration from a 1900 issue of Scribner's magazine.  The caption reads: "Dreamed of clipping about on a silently revolving wheel."

An illustration from a 1913 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "The years seemed all at once to have passed into a gray eclipse."

Staring into the depths: an illustration from a 1900 issue of The Strand magazine.  The caption reads: "There were two strange eyes glowing at us."

An illustration from a 1907 issue of Harper's magazine.

An illustration from a 1907 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "There she waited while the dawn stole upon the night."

"Firelight Fancies": an illustration from an 1893 issue of Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly magazine.

An illustration from a 1904 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "She sat looking into the April distance."

An illustration from a 1905 issue of McClure's magazine.

An illustration from a 1919 issue of Scribner's magazine.  The caption reads: "Long the enchanted Gordon drank in the beauty of the picture."

Staring into the depths: an illustration from a 1900 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.  The caption reads: "As the night went by he sat there alone, staring into the ash of the fire."

An illustration from a 1908 issue of Harper's magazine.

An illustration from a 1916 issue of Century Illustrated magazine.  The caption reads: "To-night her mind was too full of personal things to permit of strict attention to the text."

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An illustration from an 1872 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "Yet still she's looking toward the shore beyond the waters black in night."

An illustration from a 1916 issue of Century Illustrated magazine.  The caption reads: "You could see Broadway blazing off to the west, and she'd stare at the lights."

An illustration from a 1909 issue of Hampton's magazine.  The caption reads: "It was Mrs. Dooby's pleasure to sit for long hours looking out of a window."

An illustration from a 1910 issue of Hampton's magazine.

Staring into the depths: an illustration from an 1896 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.  The caption reads: "So deep the dark abyss, so deep the darkness of the rolling cloud."