Upon his arrival in hell, fresh off the Styx Ferry, the soul of a reporter is accosted by demons full of inane questions.  "How do you like Hades?  Did you have a pleasant voyage?  What do they think of us on earth?  How do you like the climate?  Is this your first visit?  Are you going to stay long?"  From Puck, 1907.

If it's the last dance, let it be with a goat.  From an 1870 issue of London Society Illustrated magazine.

The fairies who make words stick in your head.  An illustration from an 1890 issue of Punch magazine.

"The Demon Alps": an illustration from an 1890 issue of Punch magazine.

Heat imps: an illustration from an 1890 issue of Puck magazine.

The "greenhouse effect" was coined in 1992, but the carbon devil was causing nightmares all the way back in 1918, in the Illustrated World.

An illustration from a 1902 issue of Punch magazine.

There has always been a fine line between stage magic and occultism.  Here's a poorly-rehearsed stage magician who mangles his magic words and conjures up a demon, from Punch, 1908.  The caption reads, "An unrehearsed effect."

An illustration from an 1899 issue of Century Illustrated magazine.  The caption reads: "The demons devouring the sun."

A steam [train] demon seeks passage through the domain of wood nymphs and fauns.  An illustration from an 1883 issue of Punch magazine.

An illustration from an 1867 issue of Punch magazine.

Midnight Oil:  an illustration from an 1899 issue of The Idler magazine.

An illustration from an 1892 issue of The Idler magazine.  The caption reads: "I'd make a better phantom with a sheet and a turnip."

An illustration from a 1901 issue of The Idler magazine.