From a ghost's autobiography: The Story of My Life by the late Colonel Meadows Taylor, 1878.  For an explanation of how this scanned page captures a genuine spirit, see that remarkable book The Ghost in the [Scanning] Machine, which makes good on its promises of real ghosts, actual hauntings, and necromancy by proxy.

"Professor Fiddlestix has a new string band."  From Judge's Library, 1907.

"The authors (one a spirit picture.)"  From Her Invisible Spirit Mate by Mrs. C. W. Glass, 1917.  See The Ghost in the [Scanning] Machine.

From Die Muskete, 1906.

From Jugend, 1898.

"Prince Constant touched her forehead with the dwarf's beard."  From Queen Mab's Fairy Realm, 1901.

"An old grave man appeared to me."  From The Arabian Nights Entertainments, 1899.

"Permit me to cut off some of it."  From The Arabian Nights Entertainments, 1899.

"I sat in patient silence while my wife used sheet after sheet of paper."  From Harmsworth Magazine, 1899.

"A photograph that is on Russia's black list: Father Arsenii.  This photograph has been prohibited by the police of Russia.  It represents Father Arsenii, who is worshipped by thousands of peasants, and is said to have sworn that he will execute the Tsar before six months have passed."  From The Sketch, 1906.

"He grasped his staff and pulled off his false beard."  From Queen Mab's Fairy Realm, 1901.