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Ellen the Paper Doll
Cut-out paper Toys
Mazes
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The Game of Mazes
Observations
The
Game of Mazes, now for the first time introduced to the public,
offers to young people an endless fund of amusement and enjoyment.
It consists in tracing one's way, patiently and carefully, with
a dry and clean pen, through the various windings of the Maze, until
at last the right path is struck by which it is intended to reach
the centre. It is needless to insist upon the amount of pleasure
which children derive from this novel exercise of their ingenuity,
the anxiety they feel to discover the clue to the labyrinth, and
the delight they experience when their efforts have been crowned
with success. Many hours may be thus employed, pleasantly and happily,
and not, perhaps, quite unprofitably, in all times and seasons.
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RULES OF
THE GAME
The centre of
the Maze is in all cases the point intended to be reached, and in
each Maze there exists a path which leads faithfully to the centre.
Starting from the main entrance at the bottom of each Maze, and
choosing any road which is open, the player follows its course carefully
with a dry and clean pen, taking great care to keep constantly between
the lines, none of which must ever be crossed. He may at any moment
quit one direction for another, provided no line stops the passage,
but whenever he comes to a bar or stop he must retrace his steps
until he again arrives at an open path. The several Pictures of
each Maze have each a distinct entrance, which is to be arrived
at, like the centre, by a road starting from the principal entrance.
A Picture is not to be considered as a bar; it may be entered and
crossed at any point where it is not protected by a thick line.
MAZE I.
The
Maze of the "Happy Valley" The player who chooses this Maze for
his first excursion must imagine himself setting forth on a fine
summer's morning to explore the interesting sites it offers. If
our tourist be a good walker, it will not be very long before he
arrives a wild and romantic glen, shut in on all sides by rocks,
covered with dark pines. Here he may be suddenly startled by hearing
a loud roar,
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