By "A Mere Phantom."  The Magic Lantern, How to Buy and How to Use It, Also How to Raise a Ghost, 1866.

You've heard of the Fountain of Youth, but in the Nordland district of Norway, rejuvenation isn't in the water but rather in the air.  We learn this in Tales of Every-Day Life in Sweden by Fredrika Bremer, 1843

"Mind reader's hand, subject's hands."  From The Book of Magic by Archie Frederick Collins, 1915.

Reblog if this is how your money disappears, too.  From Gilbert Handkerchief Tricks for Boys by Alfred Carlton Gilbert, 1920.

Here's a bookplate that turns the owner of a book into a wizard.  From The Art of Modern Conjuring, For Wizards of All Ages by Henri Garenne, 1886.  See Machinarium Verbosus: A Curiosity Cabinet of Gadgets to Transform Any Book & Reader, To Be Sure.

"Magic stars from the candle."  From Gilbert Chemical Magic by Alfred Carlton Gilbert, 1920.

"A gigantic hand seemed to form in the vapor, and between the thumb and forefinger it held a ring."  From The Bradys and the Magic Ring, 1908.

"A bit of magic from the morning of the world."  From My Laughing Philosopher by Eden Phillpotts, 1896.

The Popular Mechanics headline writer put the word magic in quotations, though other headlines about so-called scientific wizardry and miracles don't feature quotation marks.  "Indian medicine men still practice 'magic' among Canadian tribes."  From Popular Mechanics, 1934.

From Le Rire, 1897.

From Grip, 1883.