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PREFACE

MAZES AND LABYRINTHS

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER II THE EGYPTIAN LABYRINTH (i) Accounts of the Ancient Writers

CHAPTER III THE EGYPTIAN LABYRINTH (continued) (ii) Accounts of Later Explorers

CHAPTER IV THE CRETAN LABYRINTH (i) The Story of Theseus and the Minotaur

CHAPTER V THE CRETAN LABYRINTH (continued) (ii) The Caverns of Gortyna

CHAPTER VI THE CRETAN LABYRINTH (continued) (iii) Knossos

CHAPTER VII THE ETRUSCAN OR ITALIAN LABYRINTH

CHAPTER VIII THE LABYRINTH IN ANCIENT ART

CHAPTER IX CHURCH LABYRINTHS

CHAPTER X TURF LABYRINTHS

CHAPTER XI TURF LABYRINTHS (continued)

CHAPTER XII THE ORIGIN OF TURF MAZES

CHAPTER XIII THE FLORAL LABYRINTH AND THE DWARF-SHRUB MAZE

CHAPTER XIV THE TOPIARY LABYRINTH, OR HEDGE MAZE

CHAPTER XV THE TOPIARY LABYRINTH, OR HEDGE MAZE (continued)

CHAPTER XVI THE TOPIARY LABYRINTH, OR HEDGE MAZE (continued) Latter-day Developments

CHAPTER XVII STONE LABYRINTHS AND ROCK ENGRAVINGS

CHAPTER XVIII THE DANCE OR GAME OF TROY

CHAPTER XIX THE BOWER OF "FAIR ROSAMOND"

CHAPTER XX MAZE ETYMOLOGY

CHAPTER XXI LABYRINTH DESIGN AND SOLUTION OF MAZES

CHAPTER XXII THE LABYRINTH IN LITERATURE

CHAPTER XXIII MISCELLANEA AND CONCLUSION

APPENDIX BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MAZES AND LABYRINTHS (TOGETHER WITH NAMES OF PERSONS WHO HAVE FURNISHED THE WRITER WITH FIRST-HAND INFORMATION)

I. GENERAL

II. FORM, AND MATHEMATICAL PRINCIPLES

III. THE CLASSIC LABYRINTHS

IV. THE LABYRINTH IN ANCIENT ART

V. LABYRINTHS IN CHURCHES

VI. HEDGE MAZES, FLORAL LABYRINTHS, ETC.

VII. TURF LABYRINTHS

VIII. STONE LABYRINTHS (For Rock Engravings, see "Miscellaneous")

IX. THE LABYRINTH IN NON-EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

X. MISCELLANEOUS

INDEX

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