Here are some penny-farthings from The Gypsy Road by Grenville Arthur James Cole and illustrated by E. J. New, 1894.

"Gray Forest" from The Evil Guest by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, 1894.

Oh, Why Should the Spirit of Mortal Be Proud? by William Knox, 1882.

"Kongcorong" from Travels in Western Africa in the Years 1819-21 by William Gray, 1825.

From Memories of the Months by Hume Nisbet, 1889.

"All woods—woods—as far as he went."  From St. Nicholas magazine, 1877.

From Works of Charles Dickens, New Illustrated Library Edition.

Here are revealed the roots of introversion and extroversion, from the Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the 21st Session of the Legislature of the State of California, Vol. 3, 1875.

From The Pink Fairy Book by Andrew Lang, 1897.

From Community English by Mildred Flagg, 1921.  The text on the tree reads, "Japanese reading and writing books are odd[ly] printed.  Read from right to left.  First page is at back.  Lines run up and down.  Address is backward.  Words are painted with brushes."

From Review of Reviews and World's Work, 1890.

Here's a precious secret of immortality: train a peach tree to spell "Davie," and you'll not only live forever but also enjoy luscious peaches.  This we learn in The Peach and Nectarine by David Taylor Fish, 1879.  But note in the text that only immortality is guaranteed, and the peaches are a mere "perhaps."

"I fell at the foot of one of the large trees," from Phantastes by George MacDonald, 1894.

From The Choice Works of Thomas Hood, 1881.