From Jugend, 1906.

The caption translates, "The bottle's not important so long as it gets you drunk."  From L'Assiette au Beurre, 1907.

The cutlery here is like looking into our own silverware cabinet.  From L'Assiette au Beurre, 1907.

Once you try a serpent goblet, it's really the only way to imbibe.  From L'Assiette au Beurre, 1907.

Today's magazine covers feature so-called celebrities you've either not heard of or couldn't care less about.  But back in the day ... From L'Assiette au Beurre, 1906.

"I continuously brooded on the problems of existence—free-will and determinism, the whence and why and whither of man, the origin of evil, the immortality of the soul, the futility of life, etc., and made myself very miserable over such questions."  From Peter Ibbetson, illustrated by George Du Maurier, 1891.

"A sleek black cat balanced himself on her shoulder."  From The Dead Alive by Wilkie Collins, 1874

From Kladderadatsch, 1929.