You've head that "eclipses can affect you greatly; avoid any arguments" (Mademoiselle Magazine, 1972).  Well, eclipses can make books feel cross as well.  We find our evidence in this Archive.org scan of The Story Of Eclipses by George F. Chambers, 1903.

Speaking of eclipses and errors: 

"Sometimes in mythology, an eclipse is not a monster devouring the Sun, not a sickness of the Sun, not a fight between the Sun and Moon, not even the result of the always abundant sins of mankind.  Sometimes an eclipse is what in sports would be called an unforced error." —Mark Littmann, Fred Espenak & Ken Willcox, Totality: Eclipses of the Sun

From Worcester Polytechnic's 1970 yearbook.  To take advantage of eclipses in old books, see How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

If you ever wondered whether eclipses were caused by folds in space, you were right.  From The Story Of Eclipses by George F. Chambers, 1903.

From The Story Of Eclipses by George F. Chambers, 1903.

From Solar Eclipse 1970 Bulletin F (Final Bulletin).

The sun was darkened.  From The Devil's Bride by Milton H. Stine, 1910.

"Built in the eclipse and rigged with curses dark."  From Quips and Cranks by Thomas Hood, 1861.

"A terrible night.  How the man in the moon looked while he was being eclipsed."  From Harper's Young People, 1888.

"Total eclipse of the lamp."  From Among the Stars, Or, Wonderful Things in the Sky by Agnes Giberne, 1885.

"Total eclipse of the india-rubber ball."  From Among the Stars, Or, Wonderful Things in the Sky by Agnes Giberne, 1885.

"Total eclipse of the Sun, May 6, 1883," from Star-Land by Robert Stawell Ball, 1892.

"A total eclipse to the girl and a partial eclipse to the boy," from Star-Land by Robert Stawell Ball, 1892.

"The eclipse of the sun" on Sept. 21, 1922, from The Queenslander.

The eclipse of August 31, 1932.