From Mémoires Récréatifs, Scientifiques et Anecdotiques du Physicien-Aéronaute E.G. Robertson, 1831.

From Southerly Busters by Ironbark, 1878.

"Somber, gloomy, desolate without," from The White Cat by Ernest Warren and illustrated by H. Ludlow, 1882.

From Wehman Bros.' New Book of One Hundred and Fifty Parlor Tricks and Games, 1905.

How to quadruple your witchcraft, from Wehman Bros.' New Book of One Hundred and Fifty Parlor Tricks and Games, 1905.

An ornate capital O from The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray, 1858.

An illustration from The Sociable Ghost by Olive Harper (1903).  The caption reads: "But you must join us."  [By the way, this image is by far our most popular posting at our Tumblr outpost.]

"Allhallows' Eve": an illustration from an 1885 issue of Little Wide Awake magazine.

The silent groves, from Sibyl Falcon by Edgar Alfred Jepson, 1895.

From Wehman Bros.' New Book of One Hundred and Fifty Parlor Tricks and Games, 1905.

From The Baby's Museum by Uncle Charlie, 1882.

An illustration from The Comic History of Rome by Gilbert Abbott A'beckett (1897).

A full moon from L'Expédition du Tegetthoff by Julius von Payer, 1878.

An illustration from The Sociable Ghost by Olive Harper (1903).  The caption reads: "They had evidently found the buffet."

"The Rival Moons": an illustration from a 1912 issue of Puck magazine.

An illustration from an 1859 issue of Punch magazine.

An illustration from an 1851 issue of Punch magazine.