Several Huge and Hideous Heads Made Themselves Visible (1875)

Tom Hood, From Nowhere to the North Pole:  A Noah’s Ark-Aeological Narrative, Illustrations by W. Brunton and E.C. Barnes (London: Chatto and Windus, 1875), 220.

Captain Ross Planting the British Standard on the True Position of the Magnetic Pole (1836)

Robert Huish, The Last Voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross, R.N. Knt. to the Arctic Regions; For the Discovery of a North West Passage; Performed in the Years 1829-30-31-32 and 33. To Which is Prefixed an Abridgement of the Former Voyages of Captn’s Ross, Parry, & Other Celebrated Navigators to the Northern Latitudes. Compiled from Authentic Information and Original Documents Transmitted by William Light, Purser’s Steward to the Expedition. Illustrated by Engravings from Drawings Taken on the Spot. (London: John Saunders, 1836), 416.

The Suggestion That Primitive Eden Was at the Arctic Pole Seems at First Sight the Most Incredible of All Wild and Willful Paradoxes (1885)

William F. Warren, Paradise Found: The Cradle of the Human Race at the North Pole; A Study of the Prehistoric World (Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1885), frontispiece.

It Need Not Be Supposed That Arctic Exploration Will Cease until All the Great Secrets of the Arctic Regions Have Been Revealed (1913)

Edwin Swift Balch, The North Pole and Bradley Land (Philadelphia: Campion and Company, 1913), 83.

The Nodding Donkey Dated His Birth from the Day He Received the Beautiful Coat of Varnish in the Workshop of Santa Claus at the North Pole (1921)

Laura Lee Hope, The Story of a Nodding Donkey, Illustrated by Harold L. Smith (New York: Grossett and Dunlap, 1921), frontispiece.

Chapter Fourteen: Which Brings Frank to the North Pole (1875)

Tom Hood, From Nowhere to the North Pole:  A Noah’s Ark-Aeological Narrative, Illustrations by W. Brunton and E.C. Barnes (London: Chatto and Windus, 1875), 212.

Robbers Escape by Pterodactyle (1903)

O.J.S. Lindelof, A Trip to the North Pole, or, the Discovery of the Ten Tribes, as Found in the Arctic Ocean (Salt Lake City: Tribune Printing Company, 1903), 129.

The Balloon, Which Has Now Righted Itself at about 50 Metres above the Sea, Is Rapidly Speeding North; The Guide Ropes Glide over the Water Making a Very Perceptible Wake like the Track Made by a Ship (1898)

Henri Lachambre and Alexis Machuron,  Andrée's Balloon Expedition in Search of the North Pole (New York: Frederick Stokes Company, 1898), frontispiece.

While the Hut Was Being Constructed for Their Night Quarters, Nothing Would Serve the Doctor but He Must Climb to the Top of an Iceberg, and Look about Him (1875)

Jules Verne, A Journey to the North Pole (London and New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1875), 278.

All Efforts to Reach the Pole Had Failed Notwithstanding the Unlimited Sacrifice of Gold and Energy and Blood Which Had Been Poured out without Stint for Nearly Four Centuries (1910)

Robert Edwin Peary, “Stellar Projection: Showing the Relation of the Polar Sea to the Various Continents,” The North Pole: Its Discovery in 1909 under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club (New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1910), xxxiii.

It Was Some Consolation to Us Amidst the Mortification We Endured from Our Protracted Detention in the Ice to Find That There Were Very Few Hours in Which Some Little Incidents of an Amusing Nature Did Not Occur to Divert Our Attention from the Monotony of the Daily Duties of the Ship (1843)

F.W. Beechey, A Voyage of Discovery Towards the North Pole: Performed in His Majesty's Ships Dorothea and Trent, under the Command of Captain David Buchan, R.n.; 1818; To Which Is Added, a Summary of All the Early Attempts to Reach the Pacific by Way of the Pole (London: Richard Bently, 1843), frontispiece.

Richardson in the Crescent of the White Wolves (1870)

Dora Greenwell, “A Fight with the Frost—IV: Sir John Richardson’s Arctic Explorations,”   The Quiver 5 (1870): 745.

It Was a Capital Idea to Catch That Pack of White Foxes and Rivet Collars on Their Necks (1875)

Jules Verne, A Journey to the North Pole (London and New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1875), 147.

“Bees!” He Exclaimed. No Doubt the Little Velvet Coats Worn by the Fairies Deceived Jack Frost (1878)

Mrs. R.M. Bray, Ten of Them; or, The Children of Danehurst, Illustration by A.H. Collins (London: Griffith and Farran, 1878): 77.

Couldn’t You Fancy It Was Some Eastern City, with Its Minarets and Mosques Glittering in the Pale Moonlight? (1875)

Jules Verne, A Journey to the North Pole (London and New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1875), 71. 

Dr. Kane’s Men Hauling Their Boat over Rough Ice (1912)

A.W. Greely, True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1912), frontispiece.

Where, by Shining Stars in Heaven, a Silent World Is Spanned (1898)

Annie Campbell Hustis, “The North Pole Land,” St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 25 (April 1898): 465.

On the Last Day of the Month I Felt Sure That at Least a Thousand Reindeer Passed within as Many Yards of Our Little House of Ice (1892)

Frederick Schwatka, Nimrod in the North, Or Hunting and Fishing Adventures in the Arctic Regions (New York: Cassell Publishing Company, 1892), 80.

A Succession of Camps Should Be Made All the Way to the Pole with a Lamp in the Kitchen Window Constantly Burning as a Beacon for Belated Explorers (1882)

William Livingston Alden, “A Road to the Pole,” The Comic Liar: A Book Not Commonly Found in Sunday Schools (New York: G.W. Carleton & Company, 1882), 61.

The Kestrel, On Board Which the Reader Will in Imagination Transport Himself, Was a Very Handsomely-Built Craft (1863)

¶ The day was delicious, and the sun had not yet commenced to parch the town and citizens, and we had a pleasant little breeze. ¶ Before us was the vast Pacific, where sky and water kiss each other; and the little white-sailed bark lies in the centre of the motionless expanse, with canvas flapping from the long yards, and pitch streaming down her black hull, while the tropical sun beams fiercely over head, and the shark follows day after day, and the flying fish darts up into the still air, and the dolphin swims round and round, and the stately albatross rises on the long rolling swell: or perchance the scene changes, and a long low hull, from which arise two tall spars destitute of canvas is madly hurled along, and the waters burst over her side and run through the scupper holes to leeward; and the terrified mariners, lashed to the shrouds. gaze around while the storm-fiend exults in black waves and the sombre sky.

 “The Perilous Adventures of Stephen Houston, M.D., as Related by Himself,” The Boy’s Yearly Book, Being the Twelve Numbers of the Boy’s Penny Magazine (January – December 1863): 267.

“Well, Well, Boys!” Thomas Brackett, Immaculate in Dinner Clothes, Stood Regarding Them from the Doorway. Tommy’s Manner Was Always Elderly and Superior When He Found Them Rough-Housing. He Invariably Fled from a Rough-House, Especially on a Hot Night, as He Would from the Breath of Scandal. (1914)

James Shelley Hamilton and Frank Leon Smith, “Once Over,” Illustration by Fanny Munsell, Everybody’s Magazine 31 (October 1914): 483.

His Dress Is Just Sufficiently Suggestive of His “Dandy” Inclinations and Serves to Remind Us of the Appropriateness of His Sobriquet, “Beauty Steele,” in Spite of the Fact That He Was Not Handsome in Feature (1907)

“The Modern Hero in Illustration,” Image caption “Arthur I. Keller’s Charlie Steele of The Right of Way,” The Bookman 25 (July 1907): 505.

If I Am Not Strong Enough to Leave This Place in a Few Days, I Shall Never Leave It at All (1866)

Matilda Betham Edwards, “Blanche,” Once a Week, an Illustrated Miscellany of Literature, Art, Science & Popular Information 1 (March 17, 1866): 291.

Been Dancin’ at All? (1892)

“The Dancing Man of the Period.”  Illustration by George Du Maurier, Harper’s New Monthly Magazine 86 (December 1892): 154. 

“Why Should We Watch Out for Frenchies?” Demanded Stanley, in Another Effort to Assert His Manhood (1912)

Talbot Mundy, “The Pillar of Light,” Illustration by Charles B. Falls, Everybody’s Magazine 27 (December 1912): 755.

The Distinctive Difference (1911)

“The House of Kuppenheimer” advertisement, Popular Mechanics Magazine 16 (September 1911): 147.

Rather a Gorgeous Bluff, Eh, Skipper? (1898)

Cutcliffe Hyne, “The Adventures of Captain Kettle: No. VII The Pearl Poachers,” Illustrated by Stanley L. Wood, Pearson’s Magazine 5 (January 1898): 47.

He Began to Caper and Dance Round the Room, and Took out the Pawn and Kissed It (1895)

Edwin Hughes, “The White Pawn,” The English Illustrated Magazine 13 (June 1895): 234.

Fred [Seated] Was Consumed with Envy. In Comparison with This Ingenious Narrative How Prosaic and Commonplace Became His Own Plans to Rid Himself of Accusing Garments and Explain His Nakedness (1912)

Richard Harding Davis, “The Naked Man,” Illustration by Wallace Morgan, Everybody’s Magazine 27 (September 1912): 307.

The Lieutenant Thought It One of the Pleasantest Botanical Expeditions He Had Ever Attended and Considered That the Captain Was Finding Fault without a Cause (1873)

Alton Clyde, “Better Than Gold,” Illustration by John Lawson, The Quiver 8 (1873): 617.

He Made an Astonishing Proposal to Eustace (1905)

C. Edwardes, “The Man from Head Office,” The Quiver (Annual Volume 1905): 497.

Catching the Fast-Drowning Man by the Arms, He Drew Him from the Water and Dragged Him to a Place of Safety (1883)

“The Lost Letter,” Frank Leslie’s Pleasant Hours 34 (February 1883): 40.

“You Are a Good Chap to Bring Me Such a Letter,” He Said (1897)

Robert Hichens and Frederick Hamilton, “A Tribute of Souls,” Illustration by Sydney Cowell, Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine 13 (September 1897): 47.

Bloyn Watches Him—Watches Him Sympathetically (1900)

George Gambell, “The Dream of His Life,” The English Illustrated Magazine 23 (May 1900): 117.

Here We Knelt among the Broken Fragments of Ice and Bathed Our Faces and Hands (1898)

Walter A. Wickoff, “The Workers—The West,” Illustration by W.R. Leigh. Scribner’s 23 (April 1898): 431.

Clem Had Manufactured a Hideous Pumpkin Face (1883)

D.P. Sanford, From May to Christmas at Thorne Hill (London: Griffith and Farren, 1883), 173.

Straight at the Man He Launched His One Hundred and Forty Pounds of Fury (1915)

Jack London, The Call of the Wild, Illustration by Philip R. Goodwin (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1915), 20.

There Was a Crash and a Rush of Air ( 1898)

E. and H. Heron, “Real Ghost Stories: No. VI, The Story of Yand Manor House,” Pearson’s Magazine  V (June 1898): 527.

“John, My Dear!” The Soft Cooing Voice Stole through the Room along with the Scent of Dead Rose Leaves and Tobacco (1899)

M.B. Hardie, “The Return of John Abney,” Illustrations by Raymond Potter, The English Illustrated Magazine 20 (February 1899): 477.

Blanche Stands by, with Anxious Heart, Half Hopeful, Half Afraid (1847)

Caroline Sheridan Norton. Aunt Carry’s Ballads, Illustration by John Absolon (London: Joseph Cundall, 1847), 48.

Daring Rescue at a Tenement Fire with the Searchlight’s Aid (1908)

“Daring Rescue at a Tenement Fire, with the Searchlight’s Aid,” Drawn by Arthur E. Jameson, Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly Newspaper 145 (February 6, 1908): cover. 

The Position of the Young Girl’s Body Showed She Had Been Buried Alive (1875)

Captain Mayne Reid, “The Pierced Heart,” Drawn by Adelaide Claxton, London Society: An Illustrated Magazine of Light and Amusing Literature for the Hours of Relaxation 27 (Holiday Number, 1875): 16.

The Outline of a Huge Claw (1908)

Samuel Hopkins Adams, Illustrated by C.R. McCauley, The Flying Death (New York: The McClure Company, 1908), 136.

I Was Sorry for the Fracas as I Had No Desire to Wreck the Wigleigh Home (1919)

A. Washington Bazet, “Aristokia,” Illustrations by Tony Sarg, The Century 98 (May 1919): 21.

She Remained Erect, Threatening, as Pale as Death, Her Arm, with the Bleeding Stump, Held Out (1899)

Georges Montbard, “Reprisals,” Illustrations by G. Montbard, The English Illustrated Magazine 20 (January 1899): 391.

Four Infuriated Horses Were Bounding down the Lane like Fiends (1897)

Walter I. Shay, “The Rented Bicycle Suit,” Recreation 7 (July 1897): 24.

This Terrible Thing Strode into the Middle of the Room and There Stood Motionless for a Moment, While Not a Sound Was Heard, Save the Professor's Soft Breathing, and the Rustle of the Leaves Without (1883)

“The Brazen Head,” Frank Leslie’s Pleasant Hours 34 (1883): 472.

His Head Fell against the Rose-Patterned Carpet of the Lodging-House Room. Diana, Raising Her Arched Neck, Calmly Stared at Something beyond the Wall of the Room (1915)

Richard Washburn Child, “The Feminist,” Illustrated by George Gibbs, Cosmopolitan 58. (February 1915): 231.

Protecting with Her Body the Children (1883)

“Female Heroism,”  Frank Leslie’s Popular Review 34 (1883): 378.

He Caught Wildly at Nothing to Steady Himself (1910)

Eleanor Seeleye, “An Aeolian Romance,” Illustrated by F.S. Coburn, Putnam Magazine 7 (March 1910): 642.