An illustration from a 1906 issue of Puck magazine.  Speaking of which, one of the many things we admire about our British brethren is that they've long been consciously aware that they've slipped down the rabbit hole.  So very few nations realize they're in Wonderland.

An illustration from a 1901 issue of Punch magazine.

Fifty-one years before one of the all-time great fads of college kids cramming themselves into telephone booths, people "launched themselves in a body at ... unfortunate telephone[s]," as we see in The Windsor Magazine, 1908.

An illustration from a 1903 issue of The Idler magazine.  The caption reads: "Hello, ol' Never Sleep, that you?"

An illustration from a 1900 issue of Wide World magazine.

"How an Eagle Carried Off the Baby": an illustration from a 1900 issue of Wide World magazine.

An illustration from a 1903 issue of Life magazine.

An illustration from a 1905 issue of Metropolitan magazine.

An illustration from a 1903 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "So the night passed."

An illustration of a battily smiling moon from a 1901 issue of Harper's magazine.

An illustration from a 1903 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "They were looking down into the void below."

"The Substance and the Shadow":  an illustration from a 1901 issue of Life magazine.

An illustration from a 1907 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "There she waited while the dawn stole upon the night."

An illustration from a 1908 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "He went forth into the dawn sleepless."

An illustration from a 1905 issue of McClure's magazine.