The caption reads: "The Sun in his chariot: from an old Persian manuscript." (The Century magazine, 1903.)

This illustration from a 1904 issue of The Century magazine recalls Jeff McBride's advice: "The best way to predict your future is to create it." The emphatic caption reads: "I do more than foretell events. I make them happen."

Riddling the Sphinx: an illustration from The Century magazine, 1910.

The cards "never lie": an illustration from The Century magazine, 1910.

Reading tea leaves: an illustration from Scribner's Monthly, 1877.

Strength: St. Francis taming the wolf of Gubbio, from The Century magazine, 1912.

"The Triumph of Love," by John La Farge, featured in Scribner's magazine, 1880.

An ace of wands: "The girl laughed, and struck at him with the iron stake." From The Century magazine, 1892.

The Fool on the clifftop with his dog, the Magician waving his wand, and the Sun shining in his glory all come together in this cover of Life magazine from Sept. 1906.

The Star: an illustration from The Century magazine, 1917.

Dedicated to Janet Boyer.

The Moon: an illustration by Rockwell Kent for The Century magazine, 1922.