You've heard of a harvest moon, a strawberry moon, a wolf moon … but here's a three-pipes moon from Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome, 1889.

From Prof. Oddfellow's sketchbook:

The Hierarchy of Holy Smokes: Burning Ones, Glowing Ones, Hazy Ones, Obscured Ones, and On High.

"Hindu smoke charm to cure disease," from Women of All Nations, a Record of their Characteristics, Habits, Manners, Customs and Influence, 1908.

"How Table Mountain got its cloud," from South Africa by Ian Duncan Colvin, 1909.

From Berlin Under the New Empire by Henry Vizetelly, 1879.

An illustration from The Story of a Marriage by Louisa Baldwin (1895).

An illustration from an 1865 issue of Mrs. Grundy magazine.  The caption reads:

One Puff, to mean: "Fellow-Citizens"—or "Hail Coumbia"
Two Puffs: "I am no speaker"—or, "Westward the star of empire takes its way."
Thee Puffs: "This is the proudest moment of my life"—or, "Long may it wave."
Four Puffs: "Good-Night."

"She drifted to a halt, facing them, her smoky complexion apparent now."
—Dawn Madigan, Destined (2005)

The illustration is from a 1913 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine.

An illustration from an 1898 issue of Wide World magazine.  The caption reads: "I lighted fresh cigars."

Staring into the depths: an illustration from an 1897 issue of Pall Mall magazine.  The caption reads: "It was vague, but less vague than a shadow."

An illustration from an 1897 issue of Pall Mall magazine.

"When the smoke from the fire seeps in through the nostrils, irritates the throat, and stings the eyes, we shut out the world of burning text, unable to remember what letterforms once lived on those sheets curling into ash."
—Geof Huth