An illustration from an 1887 issue of Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours magazine.  The caption reads: "Twelve hundred Elfin knights and more were there in silk and steel arrayed."

An illustration from a 1903 issue of The Lady's Realm magazine.  The caption reads: "She thought that soft voices spoke to her from the shadows."

Ice fairies from Punch, 1902.

"The Unseen World."  An illustration from an 1880 issue of Punch magazine.

An illustration from a 1920 issue of McClure's magazine.  The caption reads: "The veil is not impenetrable; the link of affection is not broken by death; and through the grave and gate of death there shines a dawn of more than mortal vision."

An illustration from an 1897 issue of The Strand magazine.  The caption reads: "The reflections were now frightfully distorted."

Staring into the depths: an illustration from a 1915 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.  The caption reads: "What had she seen beyond the candle-flame?  It is the strange that invests visions with poignancy."

"The Friends": an illustration from an 1853 issue of Graham's magazine.

An illustration from an 1884 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "'Look!' she whispered.  'Do you see it?  There!'"

An illustration from an 1887 issue of Scribner's magazine.  The caption reads: "Out of the night and the other world came into him the dead."

An illustration from an 1884 issue of London Society Illustrated magazine.  The caption reads: "The gold sprite."