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

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

We celebrate how Webster's dictionary used to be truly practical — back when it covered (counterclockwise from the top left) tritons, phrenology, the zodiac, the Colossus of Rhodes, satyrs, dragons, unicorns, Pan, and Atlas (the Greek god, not the maps).  Here's to Webster's Practical Dictionary, 1906, for covering topics to which we daily devote ourselves.

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.

Here's a precursor to Bewitched: The Witch-Wife by Sarah Tytler, 1897.

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.

We tend to appreciate palindromic book titles.  Here's This and That, and That and This by Charles Josiah Adams, 1919.

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.

Here's a precusor to Suzanne Vega's song "Blood Makes Noise": The Song of the Blood Corpuscles, 1899.

"Where next?"  From The World by Chester Glass, 1881.