"I would that this dear path might type my way" (1870): a precursor to Charles Dizenzo:

"Imagine if I had an electric at my command: I could type my way around the world at jet speed!" (A Great Career: A One-Act Play, 1966).

"The Riddle of the Sphinx": an illustration from The Gate Beautiful by John Ward Stimson (1903).

An illustration from Past, Present and Future by James E. White (1909).  The caption reads: "Falling, gently falling. —Scene at Denver, Colo. / A Dangerous Power. —Scene at South Bend, Ind."

"The Crystal Ball:" an illustration from a 1901 issue of The Lady's Realm magazine.  The caption reads: "With sudden fury he seized the crystal and flung it through the window with all his force."

An illustration from The Flying Death by Samuel Hopkins Adams (1908).  The caption reads: "Great God of Wonders!"

"But yonder beam forbids me to despair": from Sir Walter Raleigh: A Tragedy by William John Dixon, 1897.

An illustration from an 1894 issue of The Quiver magazine.  The caption reads: "'Surely you are not going out in this rain?' she cried."

"The Lady of the Weather": an illustration from The Marches of Wales by Charles George Harper (1894).

An illustration from an 1887 issue of Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours magazine.  The caption reads: "I endeavored to command speech, but something in the cold statuesque form froze every faculty."

An illustration from a 1903 issue of The Lady's Realm magazine.  The caption reads: "'I have come,' it said, 'and I was once great.'"