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.

It Is Well Known That in Many Frogs the Skin of the Head Becomes Involved in the Cranial Ossification and Becomes Adherent, Indurated, & Rugose (1927)

William L. Brown, “The Physiognomy of Insects,” The Quarterly Review of Biology 2 (March 1927): 33.

There’s Something Here, He Said (1912)

Mary Roberts Rinehart, “The Case of Jennie Brice,” Illustration by Frederic Dorr Steele, Everybody’s Magazine 27 (0ctober 1912): 434.

“Good Day,” Said the Scarecrow (1914)

Peter Clark Macfarlane, “Clown and Superclown,” Everybody’s Magazine 30 (March 1914): 399.

Tell Me What You’re Really Afraid Of (1914)

Virginia Tracy, “Persons Unknown,” Illustration by Henry Raleigh, Everybody’s Magazine  30 (June 1914): 779.