From The Young Section-Hand by Burton E. Stevenson and illustrated by L. J. Bridgman, 1905.

From Legends of the Middle Ages by H. A. Guerber, 1896.

From the University of the South's 1929 yearbook.

From Og—Son of Fire by Irving Crump and illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull, 1922.

From Purdue University's 1973 yearbook.

From the Wizardry: Bane Of The Cosmic Forge Handbook.

The bear offers the boulder of protection.  From Le Charivari, 1891.

Here's a precursor to Annie Dillard's classic Teaching a Stone to Talk:

An illustration from a 1907 issue of McClure's magazine.  The caption reads: "'I love her more every minute,' he informed a large boulder."

From The War Cry, 1920.