Chapter I: Appendix: List of Trees, Shrubs, and Plants in Hyde Park 367

INDEX 377

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE FOUR-IN-HAND CLUB IN HYDE PARK _Frontispiece_

EXECUTION OF EARL FERRARS _Facing p._ 1

MAP OF WESTMINSTER, ILLUSTRATING CHARTER OF
KING EDGAR, GRANTED TO DUNSTAN „ 20

BATHING WELL IN HYDE PARK „ 32

HENRY VIII. „ 42

THE CHEESECAKE HOUSE, TO WHICH THE DUKE OF
HAMILTON WAS CARRIED MORTALLY WOUNDED „ 66

QUEEN HENRIETTA MARIA’S PENANCE AT TYBURN „ 70

PROSTITUTE DRUMMED OUT OF HYDE PARK „ 111

TYBURN TICKET, PRESERVED IN GUILDHALL „ 128

DRINKING WELL IN HYDE PARK „ 136

ENTRANCE TO HYDE PARK ON A SUNDAY „ 142

MAP, 1725 „ 144

MOLLY LEPELL, AFTERWARDS LADY HERVEY „ 148

MAP, 1746 „ 152

THE ORIGINAL “TATTERSALL’S,” AND ST. GEORGE’S
HOSPITAL „ 156

MARIA COUNTESS OF COVENTRY, NÉE GUNNING „ 162

WILLIAM PITT, EARL OF CHATHAM „ 167

MARBLE ARCH AT THREE O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING „ 172

LONDON BRIDGE „ 192

JACK SHEPPARD „ 214

JONATHAN WILD PELTED BY THE MOB ON HIS WAY
TO TYBURN „ 224

THE EXECUTION OF CATHERINE HAYES AT TYBURN „ 232

CAMP IN HYDE PARK DURING GORDON RIOTS, 1780 „ 238

WINTER AMUSEMENTS „ 244

JUBILEE FAIR IN HYDE PARK, 1814, TO CELEBRATE
THE FALL OF NAPOLEON „ 248

LADY BLESSINGTON „ 254

FESTIVITIES ON THE ICE, 1857. BY JOHN LEECH „ 258

CUMBERLAND GATE „ 260

A CAMP KITCHEN „ 280

AN AIRING IN HYDE PARK, 1793 „ 312

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