W. H. Matthews

PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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

INDEX

Transcribers' Notes

[Photo: G. F. Green

Fig. 86. Maze at Hatfield House, Herts.

(see page 115)

MAZES
AND LABYRINTHS
A GENERAL ACCOUNT OF THEIR HISTORY
AND DEVELOPMENTS

BY
W. H. MATTHEWS, B.Sc.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON, E.C. 4
NEW YORK, TORONTO
BOMBAY, CALCUTTA AND MADRAS

1922
All rights reserved

Made in Great Britain

To
ZETA
whose innocent prattlings on the
summer sands of Sussex
inspired its conception
this book
is most affectionately
dedicated