From Die Bühne, 1926.

"Allegorical design of the genius of superstition," from Encyclopedia of Superstitions, Folklore, and the Occult Sciences of the World, 1903.

"They were slow in reaching the graveyard."  From English Illustrated, 1898.

From Ballou's Monthly, 1869.

Three old hags surround a basket of new-born babies with bats in the distance. Etching by F. Goya, 1796.

"Living creatures of Malabar," courtesy of the Wellcome library.

From Jugend, 1896.

A bat blows out a candle to demonstrate "the power of darkness."  From Jugend, 1898.

"When he's not frowning, he's smiling to himself" (Debbie Carbin, Thanks for Nothing, Nick Maxwell, 2015).  Our bat makes a face in Dierkundig Mengelwerk by P. S. Pallas, 1770.

You've heard that an airplane is "alive and in dialogue with the aviator" (Denice Turner, Writing the Heavenly Frontier, 2011).  Well, here's textbook "proof that the airplane is alive, well and an important part of the national transportation system" (Richard L. Collins, Flying Magazine, 1974).  Our illustration is from Biology and Man by Benjamin Gruenberg, 1944.

From Die Muskete, 1919.

"Alone with despair," from Once a Week, 1874.