OXFORD STREET.—On the right-hand side in this view we see Cumberland Gate, which stands at the north-east corner of Hyde Park. Facing us at the Marble Arch is Great Cumberland Place, extending northward from Oxford Street to Bryanston Square. This thoroughfare was commenced about the year 1744, and, like the gate opposite leading into the park, was named after the Duke of Cumberland. At the western end of the old Oxford road stood Tyburn Turnpike, whose double gates commanded the Uxbridge and Edgware roads, which here branch off, divided by Connaught Terrace. Hyde Park Place is the name given to a row of mansions overlooking the park, and built on the right and left of the entrance to Great Cumberland Place. Here, at No. 5, Charles Dickens, in the spring of 1870, became for a few months a resident, being obliged to stay in London in order to give his farewell readings at St. James's Hall. The names of most of the streets and squares in this vicinity are synonymous with the names of the ground landlords, and in some cases of their country seats; such for instance as Orchard Street, Berkeley Street, Portman Square and Street, and Blandford Street. On turning round the corner into the Edgware Road, almost opposite the Marble Arch, one will notice that there are two houses on the right hand with balconies and verandas. These balconies were built in order to accommodate the sheriff and other officials who were bound to be present at the execution of criminals who were hanged on the gallows, which stood about 50yds. on the other side of the road. Once clear of the spot depicted here, there is a magnificent run for cyclists down the Bayswater Road, past Lancaster Gate.