A Journey Through Time
Loyd's book rode a global wave of popularity at the time. Almost as soon as tangrams spread from China to America, they became a worldwide sensation.
Books containing puzzle patterns and tile sets made of polished wood or carved ivory became extremely popular in France, England, Switzerland, Denmark, the Netherlands and Italy.
Three particularly famous books include the British, “A Fashionable Chinese Puzzle” and the Danish, “Mandarinen” & “Det Nye Chinesiske Gaadespil”.
A craze for the puzzle resurged in Germany during WWI where it went by the name, “The Sphinx”.