Note 50 — Chapter VIII · IDEAS OF BIRTH AND PRE-NATAL LIFE
Reading edition
Cp. the striking emotional effect of Böcklin's well known picture "The Island of the Dead." In Sir J. M. Barrie's remarkable play "Mary Rose" (which is full of interest in connection with our present subject) this piece of symbolism is duplicated—the "island that likes to be visited" being situated in a lake on a larger island.