126. STONE LABYRINTH AT WISBY, GOTHLAND. (Aspelin) 149
127. SCANDINAVIAN STONE LABYRINTH. (Rudbeck) 150
128. OLD DANISH STONE CROSS, WITH LABYRINTH. (O. Worm) 151
129. ROCK ENGRAVINGS, ROUTING LINN, NORTHUMBERLAND. (G. Tate) _f.p._ 152
130. ROCK ENGRAVINGS, OLD BEWICK, NORTHUMBERLAND. (G. Tate) _f.p._ 152
131. INDIAN LABYRINTH, FROM XVIIITH CENTURY SPANISH MANUSCRIPT. (After Cotton) 154
132. LABYRINTHINE PICTOGRAPH, MESA VERDE. (After Fewkes) 155
133. ETRUSCAN WINE-VASE FROM TRAGLIATELLA. (After Deecke) 157
134, 135. ETRUSCAN WINE-VASE FROM TRAGLIATELLA. "Troy Dance" Details. (After Deecke) 157-158
136. STRAIGHT-LINE DIAGRAM. Hampton Court Maze 187
137. STRAIGHT-LINE DIAGRAM. Hatfield Maze 187
138, 139. DERIVATION OF LABYRINTH TYPES FROM ROCK-ENGRAVING FIGURES. (After Krause) 188
140. ALLEGORICAL LABYRINTH. (Old German Print) _f.p._ 194
141, 142. SEA-SIDE SAND MAZES. (W. H. M.) _f.p._ 202
143. TEMPORARY MAZE AT VILLAGE FÊTE. (W. H. M.) 203
144. MAZE TOY BY A. BRENTANO. (After Patent Specification) 204
145. MAZE TOY BY S. D. NIX. (After Patent Specification) 205
146. MAZE TOY BY J. M. ARNOT. (After Patent Specification) 206
147. MAZE TOY BY J. PROCTOR. (After Patent Specification) 206
148. MAZE TOY BY H. BRIDGE. (After Patent Specification) 207
149, 150, 151. PATH OF RAT IN LABYRINTH. Three Stages. (After Szymanski) 208
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A delightful air of romance and mystery surrounds the whole subject of Labyrinths and Mazes.
The hedge-maze, which is the only type with which most of us have a first-hand acquaintance, is generally felt to be a survival of a romantic age, even though we esteem its function as nothing higher than that of a playground for children. Many a tender intrigue has been woven around its dark yew alleys. Mr. Compton Mackenzie, for example, introduces it most effectively as a lovers' rendezvous in "The Passionate Elopement," and no doubt the readers of romantic literature will recall other instances of a like nature. The story of fair Rosamond's Bower is one which will leap to the mind in this connection.
This type of maze alone is worth more than a passing thought, but it is far from being the only, or even the most interesting, development of the labyrinth idea.