Letter to Ellen Osler from William Osler, London(?), England. Osler has been to visit the Pellatts and the Misses Bovell, [James Bovell's sisters?] who often hear from Dr. Bovell about his work in the West Indies. Osler spent the day at the Brown Institution. He plans to go to the Sheppards' to meet with Lawford Rolph. Incl. ms. notes.
Letter to Charlotte (Chattie) Osler (Mrs. Charles Gwyn) from William Osler. Osler sends his sister a photograph of himself. He is leaving London for Berlin. He has seen the Boyds and plans to visit with the Sheppards before he leaves. He is sorry to leave London, as he has enjoyed the year he spent there. Includes manuscript notes.
Letter to Charlotte (Chattie) Osler (Mrs. Charles Gwyn) from William Osler. Osler reports on some Church services he attended while in England. He and [Arthur A.] Browne met with Dr. Archer, an old McGill man in practice in London. He sent his brother B.B a copy of Gladstone's speech. Includes manuscript notes.
Letter to Charlotte (Chattie) Osler (Mrs. Charles Gwyn) from William Osler, 44, Louisen Street North, Berlin, Germany. Osler will leave Berlin for Vienna at the end of the month. He remarks that he will soon be 25 years old and is still not on his own legs yet. He writes of his friend Mackenzie. Osler attended a series of nine concerts in the Royal Concert room of the Opera house with his friend, Dr. Gutterböck. He writes of some Church services he attended and asks after Johnson.
Letter to Jennette Osler from William Osler, Vienna, Austria. Osler is on his way to Paris, where he will meet with his friend Hutchinson. He has been reading Shakespeare, for some light reading. He writes of his observations of Vienna and of his travel companion, Stephen Mackenzie. Partly published in Cushing, vol. I, p. 115.
Letter to Robert Palmer Howard from William Osler. Osler responds to Howard's offer to take up a lectureship in Physiology at McGill. He is glad it is only a lectureship, as he is still so young. He feels that the lectureship will be more in keeping with what his English friends Sanderson, Sharpey, Klein, etc., know of his attainments. Published in Cushing, vol. I, p. 121.
Letter to Robert Palmer(?) Howard from William Osler. Incomplete draft of letter by Osler thanking the Medical Faculty of McGill for honouring him with an appointment as Lecturer on the Institutes of Medicine.