Letter to William Osler from Walter Hines Page, London, England. He accepts with pleasure his invitation for the dinner to Jastrow. Sympathetic comments on Osler's dinners. Will try his best to attend to the lecture. Civilities.
Letter to William C. Gorgas from John Young Walker MacAlister, 1, Wimpole Street, London, England. (Marconigram) Asks him to send his London address. The lecture and the dinner are announced for the 23rd.
Letter to John Young Walker MacAlister from William Osler, The Athenaeum, London, England. Sorry but cannot accept the nomination. It is not his job. Does not want to give reasons. Thanks him for thinking of him. Sees his hand in it. Civilities.
Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs from William Osler, The Athenaeum, Pall Mall, London, England. Bon voyage. Ruth Draper will not be on the Jacobs' boat. Mentions that he just been at a dinner given by the Bibliographical Society to the new Cardinal Gasquet. Enjoyed the company of the literary book men of London. Civilities Cushing's note taken in Osler's concerning this dinner.
Letter to William Osler from Arthur Robertson Cushny, 8, Upper Park Road, Hampstead, London, England. Thanks for a copy of Withering's Botany which Osler sent him. Mentions a paper that he will give at the Historical Section.
Letter to Arthur Thomson from J.S. Fairbairn, 60, Wimpole Street, London, England. Fairbairn begins to see merit in Thomson's views regarding the Regius Professorship of Medicine at Oxford.
Letter to William Osler from Romeike and Curtice, Press Cutting Agency, 4 Ludgate Circus Buildings, London, England. Clipping from "The Expository Times" regarding Osler's Ingersoll Lecture at Harvard on Science and Immortality.
Letter to William Osler from H.P. Ansell, Buckingham Palace, London, England. Writes him on the behalf of the Prince of Wales. Will send a souvenir in recognition of his services during the Prince's residence at Oxford. The Prince had intended to write himself, but the souvenir was not ready, and the war occurred. A framed photograph will follow the souvenir. Deplores that the last term at Oxford is lost. Mentions that one of the pleasantest memories of their two years at Oxford will be the friendship that was made with Osler. States that in this sad time Osler's cheery help will be invaluable to many. Civilities.
Letter to William Osler from Alfred Keogh, War Office, London, England. Mentions that he wrote him about the Americans. Wishes that MacAlister had been more explicit about them. Thinks that they had better not do anything at present. Hopes that the McGill Unit will not delay. They might have to wait in England but their presence would make (the War Office) feel safer.
Letter to John George Adami from William Osler, The Athenaeum, London, England. Sorry that he cannot attends the admission ceremony (College of Physicians). Welcome to the Society of Linacre and Caius.