An illustration from A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder by James De Mille (1888).  The caption reads: "'This,' said Layelah, 'is the way we have of escaping.'"

Animals drawn from memory (apparently), from Bibliophile (1908).  The caption reads: "Hec animalia sunt veraciter depicta sicut vidimus in terra sancta."

First image: "Tom Rides on a Flamingo" accompanied by enchanted fireplace hardware, from The Silent Readers (1920).

Second image: more enchanted fireplace hardware, establishing that this is "a thing," from Tales of a Traveller by Geoffry Crayon (1850).

An illustration from The Day of Wonders by M. Sullivan (1879).  The caption reads: "The letters ... tired of lying still."

The eater of dreams from Kottō, Being Japanese Curios, with Sundry Cobwebs by Lafcadio Hearn (1910).