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Letter to William Osler from Robert Doyne, 30, Cavendish Square, London, England. The question has been raised before. Pointed that no hitch or inconvenience has been reported to him since he has held the appointment at the Radcliffe, and nothing happened to make his residence in Oxford essential. Feels that certain people would like to get rid of him.

Letter to William Osler from John Young Walker MacAlister, 15, Cavendish Square, London, England. He has not heard neither from Tomes or the Philadelphian Croesus. Sends him a short list of the deceased Fellows (The Royal Society of Medicine) and their representatives. Osler can choose the ones he wants to reach and leaves the remainder to Morris and Church. Agreement on the time of their appointment. Informs him that under his suggestion, he had written to Mrs. Robert Barnes who says that she will consider the matter, and will come and see him shortly. Sends him some Times reprints which can be useful (for the solicitation). On the back of the sheets are Cushing's note on the Royal Society of Medicine and its expansion.

Letter to William Osler from Robert Doyne, 30, Cavendish Square, London, England. Sorry that he could not formally announce the time of his resignation of the Readership at the last meeting. It was not a suitable occasion for it. He held on the post this Summer to suit the convenience of the University in the matter of the Diploma course. Mentions that he was not prepared for all that followed. As requested by Osler, he informed him that he will resign after this term.

Letter to William Osler from William Richard Gowers, 50, Queen Ann Street, London, England. (Letter placed by Osler in "A Manual and Atlas of Medical Opthalmoscopy" of Gowers. Civilities. Mention of the visit of Eugene Carson Hay of Hot Springs, Arkansas, one of Osler's friends. Asks him if he had seen more cases of Paget's disease since he wrote his last edition. He was looking in it for Dr. Mercier from Parkstone, Dorset, who may think be a victim of that disease. Description of his case. Hopes he had enjoy the Windsor affair. Mentions that he is out of all the Royal Society functions. Civilities.

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 Henry Vining Ogden from William Osler, Brown Shipley & Co., London, England. Osler reports on his pleasant sea voyage to Europe. He was sorry to hear that Ogden's mother is in poor health. While in Europe, Osler will deliver the Cavendish lecture. Earlier in the day, he attended a meeting of the Royal Society, during which he was sworn in and attended a lecture by Haffkine.

Letter to William Osler from Edward A. Sharpey Schäfer, The Athenaeum, Pall Mall, London, England. Schäfer is settling into his work in Edinburgh but has not yet taken a house. He writes of his laboratory and of the progress of the medical school. Schäfer informally offers Osler the position of Chair of Medicine at Edinburgh, which he believes will soon be vacant. He looks forward to Osler's visit later in the year.

Letter to J. William White from William Osler, 40, Clarges Street, London, England. Osler met with MacCormac about the Honorary Fellowship affair. Only four candidates will be selected, and two of them cannot be from the same city. He writes of his summer travel plans while in England.

Letter to Francis R. Packard from William Osler, Brown Shipley & Co., London, England. Osler has sent Packard a paper on the Visceral Manifestations of the Erythema group for publication. He asks Packard to give a copy to S.S. Cohen.

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.