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This May Surprise You – April 3, 2018

Here is revealed the uncanniest thing in the mysterious world. From The Little Minister by James Matthew Barrie, 1892.

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#mystery #j. m. barrie #uncanny #women

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought – April 1, 2018

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Exactly when, down to the day, will the mystery be brought to light? Here are two answers:

"Possibly, in some yet undiscovered ruin or tomb, the key may be found to the problem which now puzzles the world: but then it is only a possibility. There is little doubt that the mystery will remain a mystery until the great day when the sea shall give up its dead and the past be stretched before us like a scroll." —The True Latter-Day-Saints' Herald, 1873

"That, I suppose, will remain a mystery till the day when a[ll] secrets will be cleared up, an[d] a[ll] the deeds o[f] darkness brought to light." —The Brownie of Bodsbeck by James Hogg, 1833

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Strange Prayers for Strange Times – March 14, 2018

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"Our Lady of Last Things, Carnal Name of the Mystery and the Abyss—reassure and comfort those who seek you without actually daring to do so!" —Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought – January 22, 2018

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"He had moods of mystery and dreaming and he wrote about very unusual things." From Teaching, 1919.

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#mystery #dreaming #moods #edgar allan poe #unusual

Restoring the Lost Sense – January 10, 2018

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From Die Muskete, 1920.

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#vintage illustration #death #skeleton #sphinx #mystery #1920s #illustration #thinker

Restoring the Lost Sense – December 15, 2017

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"Old 7, the Baffler" was the mascot for Sterling Gum in 1914. The gum was touted as possessing a "seven point mystery." The first six points of the mystery were revealed in ads, but not the seventh, which was to be discovered by the gum chewer. "He's a sly one, Old Seven. He's the most elusive thing in town." (We thought at first that Old 7 was perhaps a bell, but it's actually a silk hat.)

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#vintage ad #mystery #seven #ad

Restoring the Lost Sense – December 3, 2017

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"The box of secrets," from Round Games for All Parties, 1854.

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#vintage illustration #mystery #illustration #party game #box of secrets #box that holds a secret

Old News – September 15, 2017

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"The mystery." From Popular Mechanics, 1932.

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#vintage illustration #death #skull #mystery #1930s #vintage headline #illustration #headline

Restoring the Lost Sense – April 12, 2017

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Here's a mysterious interval of half and hour, from Judy, Or The London Serio-Comic Journal, 1872.

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#vintage illustration #mystery #1870s #curtain #illustration

Restoring the Lost Sense – February 24, 2016

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Too Curious by Edward J. Goodman, 1887.

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#vintage book cover #mystery #book cover #book #hand #behind the curtain #curiosity #too curious #old book

Restoring the Lost Sense – February 5, 2016

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From Madame Midas by Fergus Hume, 1888.

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#vintage book cover #vintage mystery #mystery #book cover #poison #book #old book

Restoring the Lost Sense – December 30, 2015

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A toast to Mystery! The caption reads, "The wine is a mystery." From The Secret of the Court by Frank Frankfort Moore, 1895.

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#vintage illustration #mystery #wine #mysterious wine #1890s #illustration

Book of Whispers – December 24, 2015

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"Who lists may in their mumming see traces of ancient mystery." From Christmas in the Olden Time by Walter Scott, 1887.

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#mystery #making a list

Restoring the Lost Sense – December 17, 2015

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"Watch, and behold the clue to your mystery is there!" From Oliver Gay, A Rattling Story of Field, Fright, and Fight, 1880.

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#vintage illustration #haunted #ghost #mystery #knight #haunted armor #illustration #armor

Restoring the Lost Sense – October 19, 2015

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From Cousin Tom by William Turville, 1897.

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#vintage illustration #murder #mystery #illustration #caught in the act

Restoring the Lost Sense – July 27, 2015

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Mysteries of the Unseen by Gilbert Edward Campbell, 1889.

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#vintage illustration #ghost #mystery #unseen #supernatural #illustration

Book of Whispers – June 29, 2015

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"The is the secret of Hall-in-the-Wood," from The Mystery of Hall-in-the-Wood by Rosa Mulholland, 1893.

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#vintage illustration #mystery #secret #giantess #illustration

Restoring the Lost Sense – June 21, 2015

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"Mr. Nadgett breathes, as usual, an atmosphere of mystery," from The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens, 1893.

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#vintage illustration #charles dickens #mystery #illustration

Restoring the Lost Sense – June 20, 2015

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"Before, I had only heard of the mystery, NOW I feel it!" From Thrilling Life Stories for the Masses, 1892.

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#vintage illustration #mystery #illustration

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought – April 23, 2015

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We found what sounds like the perfect summation of what magicians are ultimately striving to do. All a magician wants is for someone to come "Face to face with the crowning wonder of his series of mysteries." Put that way, it sounds so simple, so reasonable. From The Mystery of Hall-in-the-Wood by Rosa Mulholland, 1893.

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#vintage illustration #wonder #mystery #illustration

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