It's a common mistake, but Allen Whatshisname is not the same author as Allen Drury.  From Together, 1968.

Learning pure English by being "on the sence [sic]" of Gone with the Wind.  One learns to say such things as "my ear bobs" and "you're not worth three hundred dollars."

"Watching classical movie, learning pure English.  The most classical movie in the 20th century.  Everlasting love affair over the centuary [sic].  Moving the heaven and world.  Vivien Leigh & Clark Gable as the leading feature.  Placing yourself into the scene, listening to idiomatic dialogue, learning in the fun.  You will get a great surprise in your oral English and listening skills after you understand ten movies."

It's a beautifully designed and rather bizarre language instruction, here on Archive dot org.

Words that may puzzle the reader, from the delightful and rare The Unicorn with Silver Shoes by Ella Young and illustrated by Robert Lawson.

If you're surprised to be called Socrates today, recall that "While no one is Socrates, everyone is Socrates" (Richard Mitchell, The Underground Grammarian, 1989).  From Franklin College's 1915 yearbook.

Interesting that "dragon" and "dragoon" are linked in terms of dream symbolism.  From The Gates of the Future Thrown Open by Carlotta de Barsy, 1899.

From Together, 1961.

We're not sure what "szqrlbh" means, but "sqlcnrbc" meant "ordinary" in an Army code memory experiment (Secret, Don't Tell, The Encyclopedia of Hypnotism by Carla Emery and illustrated by Corey Smigliani).  See Webster's Dictionary of Improbable Words: All-Consonant and All-Vowel Words.

From The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book, or Adventures Among the Knitting People by Jane Eayre Fryer and illustrated by Jane Allen Boyer, 1918.

Not heeding what the secret message says.  From Kids and The Apple by Edward Carlson, 1983.

Choose all that apply -- vulgar dances, suggestive songs, questionable associates, sex plays, lack of discipline in home, suggestive literature.  From Lighted Pathway, 1935.

Here's a prayer for a mighy cat's protection.  From the delightful and rare The Unicorn with Silver Shoes by Ella Young and illustrated by Robert Lawson.

Courtesy of the winsome Jonathan Caws-Elwitt:

The best of our words haven't yet gotten into dictionaries ... that was indeed true until this remarkable thing came out: Webster's Dictionary of Improbable Words: All-Consonant and All-Vowel Words.  From Harpers, 1932.

The name Twoodeekederdinhezeedblebbo remains a Googlewhack to this day.  From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's 1916 yearbook.

The cover and title pages don't agree.

Here's a magic spell for bringing a scarecrow to life, from The Scarecrow or The Glass of Truth by Percy Mackaye, 1908.  See Magic Words: A Dictionary.

This is Scottish for "get those bagpipes well away from me."  "Begone, you hallanshaker!  Jog on your gate, your bladderskate!"  From English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century by Graham Everitt, 1893.

We're honored that our Magic Words: A Dictionary is cited in Dictionary.com's article, "Wand At The Ready! These Magic Words Will Cast A Spell On You."

From The Gateway, 1973.