Letter to William Osler from R.L. Poole, Keeper of Archives, Museum House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Poole responds to Osler's inquiry into Andrew Boorde and censorship in the sixteenth century.
Letter to William Osler from H.F.B. Brett Smith, 7, Moreton Road, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. "Notes from books." Brett-Smith sends a photograph of the Harington copper plate of Queen Elizabeth. Letter and Osler's notes inserted on fly leaf of "The Metamorphosis of Ajax," by John Harington.
Letter to William Osler from R.W. Chapman, The Clarendon Press, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Chapman writes of various editions of Gaddesden's works. Letter and notes found in Osler's copy of John Gaddesden's "Rosa Anglica, 1st ed," 1492.
Letter to William Osler from T. Herbert Warren, Magdalen College, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Warren expresses his hope that Osler may consider taking up residence at Oxford.
Letter to William Osler from Thomas B. Strong, Christ Church, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Strong invites Osler to be his guest while he is at Oxford for the meeting of the British Medical Association.
Letter to William Osler from William Collier, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Collier invites Osler to the upcoming Oxford University convocation ceremonies, at which the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science will be conferred upon Osler.
Letter to William Osler from Sir John Burdon Sanderson, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Burdon-Sanderson understands that Osler has accepted to be Dr. Strong's guest during his stay at Oxford. However, in order that they may discuss Osler's appointment as Regius Professor of Medicine, Burdon-Sanderson requests that Osler agree to stay with him for the first part of his trip. Although Sanderson agrees with Osler that Ritchie merited the appointment to the Regius Professorship, the university authorities made that an impossibility.
Letter to William Osler from Sir John Burdon Sanderson, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Burdon-Sanderson explains the present trouble at Oxford over appointing his successor as Regius Professor of Medicine. He asks Osler if he would consider taking the position if it were offered to him. He invites the Oslers to be his guests when they are at Oxford for the upcoming British Medical Association meeting. Additional notes by Grace Revere Osler.
Letter to William Osler from T. Herbert Warren, Magdalen College, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Warren congratulates Osler on his Professorial Studentship at Christ Church College, Oxford. He recommends that Osler read "Fragments of Prose and Poetry" by Frederick Myers's wife, which was reviewed in the November 19th issue of the "Spectator."
Letter to William Osler from Sir John Burdon Sanderson, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Burdon-Sanderson believes that Osler will find Magdalen College at Oxford, and the professors attached to it, more interesting than Oriel College.