An illustration from a 1904 issue of Metropolitan magazine.  The caption reads: "Those brogans are ever with him."

An illustration from a 1904 issue of Metropolitan magazine.  The caption reads: "Bob can neither sleep nor play, free from the intrusion of these spectral shoes."

An illustration from an 1897 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.  The caption reads: "They rise upon me tattered and dog-bitten."

Our Caption: Yes, do take stock and leave the bonds.

(Illustration from a 1912 issue of Life magazine)

An illustration from a 1908 issue of Life magazine.

An illustration from a 1904 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "Her outstretched arms seemed to close upon something."

An illustration from a 1903 issue of The Windsor magazine.  The caption reads: "I know I was not dreaming."

"The Fog Folk":  an illustration from a 1907 issue of The Windsor magazine.

Imaginary Friend:  an illustration from a 1907 issue of The Windsor magazine.

An illustration from a 1903 issue of The Windsor magazine.

An illustration from a 1903 issue of The Windsor magazine.

An illustration from a 1900 issue of The Windsor magazine.

An illustration from a 1901 issue of Life magazine.  The caption reads: "Christmas Night.  Ancestral Greetings."

Santa is haunted by children of the poor in this illustration from Life, 1918.

We guess he might be dreaming of something like this:

"No more laps, just some weightless floating." —Bronwyn Jameson, Beyond Control (2004)

"The Haunted House":  an illustration from an 1879 issue of Peterson's magazine.

"The Genealogical Ghost":  an illustration from an 1886 issue of Life magazine.

An illustration from a 1916 issue of Green Book magazine.  The caption reads: "His fingers ran about the keyboard and seemed to meet her fingers there as before.  She was at his side, her hands crossing his, his fingers lingering on hers.  He turned to clasp her . . . but his arms found only emptiness."