From a ghost's autobiography: The Story of My Life by the late Colonel Meadows Taylor, 1878.  For an explanation of how this scanned page captures a genuine spirit, see that remarkable book The Ghost in the [Scanning] Machine, which makes good on its promises of real ghosts, actual hauntings, and necromancy by proxy.

"Hard-headed business man (to shade of departed wife): Now, look here, Mary Ann, remember this is costing me over five dollars, and try to say something sensible!"  From Life, 1920.

From Paul Ardenheim, the Monk of Wissahikon by George Lippard, 1848.

"The Medium" by Al Lunois.  From Jugend, 1920.

Before music "streaming," there was music "steaming," which required a small burner and the cooperation of departed musicians.  From The Judge, 1916.

"The man who could not forget" — an illustration by Alec Ball for London Magazine, 1902.

You've heard of champagne and spirits, but here's the spirit of champagne.  From Jugend, 1907.

A ghost from A Book of Ghosts by S. Baring-Gould, 1904.

From The Gay Gnani of Gingalee by Florence Chance Huntley, 1908.

A departed spirit reads about life.  If that's a past issue, it's a previous Life.  From 1920.

A ghost rolling coins across a table, from A Book of Ghosts by S. Baring-Gould, 1904.

"A night for wide-awake dreaming," from The Index, 1908.

"The youth, the coffin, and the phantom."  From Fallacy of Ghosts, Dreams, and Omens by Charles Ollier, 1848.