From The Crimson Cryptogram by Fergus Hume, 1902.

From Mocca, 1938.

You've heard of the "music of the spheres," and indeed, "piano wire helps astronomy."  From Popular Science Monthly, 1921.

The northern and southern eyes of Spectacles Island, from the endpapers of Maida's Little House by Inez Haynes Gillmore, 1921.

"The two-tailed sogg" as envisioned by S. H. Sime for The Sketch, 1905.

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"Up the spout," from The Sketch, 1899.

"Alas my lord, for thy term on earth is ended."  From Pick Me Up, 1894.

You've seen lost pet and lost child notices, but here's a lost home from Popular Mechanics, 1927.  For all we know, this home may still be lost.  If your ancestors lost a home and you think this might be your inheritance, please do get in touch.

We spotted Tom, Dick and Harry in the wild.  From A Psychic Vigil in Three Watches, 1896.

Whatever Prudence put in that soup, we want some.  The caption reads, "What did you put in this soup, Prudence?"  From Prudence of the Parsonage by Ethel Hueston, 1915.

"It's only you, my dear, who can see me with curlers."  From Le Rire, 1899.

It's been said that the only way to get noticed is to do things the wrong way.  From Die Bühne, 1935.

From Medical Pickwick, 1918.

You've heard of drawings made from photographs, but here's a photograph made from a drawing (as explained in the caption).  From Popular Mechanics, 1929.

"A large cloud of mist that floated over the river, now parted into what appeared to Halcyon to be three shadowy forms."  From Halcyon and Asphodel by A.L.H.A., 1885.

"The soul of La Traviata," from The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories by Lord Dunsany.