Pleasure: A Holiday Book of Prose and Verse, 1871.

This reminds us of Edward Gorey, in that the ominous action is implied, plus note how her dress itself seems to disallow her to flee.  From 1887.

From Djin-Djin, the Japanese Bogie Man, 1896.

Under Spell of the Dark Powers by G. A. Colmache, 1888.

From Mysteries and Miseries of America's Great Cities, Embracing New York, Washington City, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, and New Orleans by James William Buel, 1883.

The Gentleman Who Vanished: A Psychological Phantasy by Fergus Hume, 1890.  Also very much of interest: The Young Wizard's Hexopedia.

Here's a precursor to Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid.  It's The Man in the Check Suit by T. W. H. Delf, 1897.

This sounds like another precursor to the "Fusilli Jerry" episode of Seinfeld.  (We noted the "Macaroni Man" precursor here.)  It's The Fantoccini Man by Warren Townshend, 1890.

Em or Spells and Counter-Spells by Mary Bramston, 1878.

A Plunge Into Space by Robert Cromie, 1890.

At what point do we begin to question cultural norms?  The Gold Nugget Sport is from 1890.

From The Philosophy of Laughter and Smiling by George Vasey, 1875.

Well, we know how they got to Europe: they flew!

We're more geologically agnostic, but here's a book on Skepticism in Geology from 1878.

From Lucifer in London, 1885.  Speaking of which, what exactly are a snowball's chances in hell?  See A Snowball's Chance in Hell.

From The Night Side of Nature, or, Ghosts and Ghost Seers by Catherine Crowe, 1882.

A Ghost's Philosophy by Jane Isabella Stuart, 1889.