"The spectator.' S+larch 14th. 1551
THE ARCH FIEND
WHAT to do with the Marble Arch ? was the great question of 1850 ; and genius, roaming through the Woods and Forests, hit upon the expedient of sending it to Cumberland Gate. at Tyburn turnpike, to be an equipoise for the Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner: but the question still is. What to do ? Uniortunately, it is so obvious where it stands. It bestrides a strip between the two carriage-entrances into Hyde Park. and is very visible from the comparatively desolate approach of Great Cumberland Street ; but most passengers catch a side- long view of it, and can enjoy the level expanses of its dead side-wall. The general audience sees it all behind the scenes. Now most people who have the credit of the country at heart are much alarmed by the fact that the foreigners flocking to the Exposition will see this oddity: there will be the Exposition at Prince's Gate, the Exposure at Cumberland Gate
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