This magnificent pleasure-ground equals any and surpasses most of a like nature. It covers eight hundred and forty-three acres. It is bounded by Fifth Avenue, 110th Street, Eighth Avenue and Fifty-ninth Street. The various reservoirs, lakes, and ponds cover about one hundred and eighty acres. There are some ten miles of carriage roads, about five and one-half miles of bridle paths, and twenty-seven and one-half miles of walks. There are very fine collections of animals and birds about a building known as the Arsenal. The large lakes have many fine row-boats upon them. The Park has cost many millions, but never has money been more righteously expended; for here the people receive back at least some of the taxes that they have paid. The bridle paths for visitors on horseback pass through many beautiful and secluded glades and over breezy hills. The best way, however, of seeing the Park is to walk through it. There are many very fine bridges in brick and stone, and some rustic ones in wood. The Mall is a noble walk, beneath overarching trees. There are large reaches of meadow laid out for play-grounds. Statues of Shakespeare, Scott, Halleck, Burns, and a bust of Schiller. Several excellent groups in bronze also adorn the Central Park. The Belvidere, a high tower in the Gothic style, affords a noble outlook; while a gloomy cave gives a romantic cast to the gloomy glades that lead to it. Central Park owes its success in a great measure to the gratuitous exertions and admirable taste of August Belmont, the famous banker, and Gen. Strong, an equally well-known business merchant, both leading citizens of New York.