Letter to Thomas McCrae from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Apologizes for all his neglect of McCrae and his kindness. He was bedeviled and ashamed of his failure to put through the Textbook work properly. Comments on the reprints of it. Never had from Appleton & Co a copy of a new contract. Wishes that the CAMC would agree to take prominent Canadians as consultants for periods of 4 months. He suggested it to Jones who refused it. Details on the CAMC business and on Bruce's report. Explains that they have had a hard time at Cliveden Hospital and that he resigned in protest against the treatment of Jones. One result of that is that the dislocating of Sam Hughes. Details on his attack of broncho-pneumonia. News of Revere. News from Norman Gwyn who has had a paratyphoid infection. Raw and Rose Bradford have had him in charge. Gwyn will go to the Riviera. Mentions their butler William who died in a military hospital. Tribute to him. Allbutt and MacKenzie and Osler are the supervisors of the Hampstead Heart Hospital. Garrod is in Malta and lost two sons at war. Rolleston is at Haslam. His brother John is all right again. Archibald Malloch is visiting for Christmas. Grace is fine. Thanks for the Browne's book "Miscellany Tracts". Love to Amy.

Letter to Thomas McCrae from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. He has had no word from Appletons about the contract. The request from their own part to ask 20% is reasonable, as he has had recent offers for a book on diagnosis at 25%. He has some other additional corrections for the new printing. It is splendid for McCrae's father to come to England, but he hopes he does not intend to go to France. Will ask Leask if he turns up. Mentions his cold. Has no news of Benbow, who had nephritis. He has good news of Jack, who would prefer to be in the fighting line. Civilities.

Letter to Thomas McCrae from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Sent corrections to Appleton & Co for the new edition of the system. Details about it. He did not get any word form Appleton & Co. about the 1917 edition. Details about the arrangements and his project about it.

Letter to Thomas McCrae from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Details about the fire in the dining-room and the saving of the books by Revere and Osler. Saw Jack at Camiers. It is an awful hole there, the McGill Unit will move to Boulogne. Revere has joined a Field Ambulance, as his idleness was on his conscience. The country is in good form. Wishes that the newspapers and the politicians would be kept quiet.

Letter to Thomas McCrae from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Delighted that his work on the book is finished. News from Campbell (Gwyn). He is trying to arrange a commission for him, but it is not easy to get the fellows out of the ranks. Informs him that Benbow returned from Servia with nephritis after typhus. Jack was with them this week-end. Glad that he is joining the McGill Unit. Revere is very interested in his work, and will have good training with Law. Mentions that he wrote to Appletons saying that they both ask for a new contract. Asks him to take legal advice for the copyright. Civilities.

Letter to Thomas McCrae from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. He has written to the Leas telling them about the distribution of the money. Glad that he has nearly got Volume V finished. News of the situation in England. The recruiting has been far better than one could have supposed. Details on the case of Captain Darling of Toronto who died. Mentions that he is doing work on the Text-book everyday, and will send him a scheme before long. Sue Chapin is here. She and Grace are hard at work. Had a letter from Jack (McCrae). Potter has visited them. Mentions some books of Horatio Woods.

Letter to Thomas McCrae from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Mentions Norman's arrival. As he cannot register, he cannot go into the Regular Army. Jones, in charge of the medical department will utilize him at once, and has the permission of Ottawa to send him to the camp at Salisbury, where they have an outbreak of cerebro-spinal fever. Osler spent three days at Bulford. He did not see Jack (McCrae), as he was billeted over in Devizes. Campbell is in good form. Mentions the rain, the mud, and the cases of meningitis. Explanations about the newspaper rumour sending him to the front with the McGill Unit. Mentions that they are having problems with the anti-vaccination people. Regarding the supposed atrocities in Belgium, he has been looking for first-hand evidence, but says that they do not exist in England. Thinks that they have been terribly exaggerated. Details about the American Hospital at Paignton. Mentions his interest in the frostbites. Suggested that the Nova Scotian graduate mentioned by McCrae apply directly to the Red Cross. Glad that volume IV is settled. Civilities.

Letter to Thomas McCrae from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks for his clipping from the "Ledger." It expresses how he feels. He will send his letter on to the agency with the clipping. Glad that Maude Abbott has turned up at last. He was afraid there would be trouble with her. Mentions that they have not seen Jack yet. Hopes to see him for Christmas. Mentions that even if he is not doing a lot for the Text-book, he hopes to devote the whole next year to it. Civilities.

Letter to Thomas McCrae from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Glad to hear good news of the St. John meeting from him and from W.W. Francis. Mentions that he is going to Brighton to the British Medical Association. Will go to Colonsay for a week. Grace and Revere will sail on the Calgarian. He will sail September 5th by the Aquitania. Mentions that after Anson's death, he was approached by the caucus of both (liberal and conservative) parties to stand as an independent member. Remembering Michael Foster he refuses saying that it was not his job. Allusion to the political situation " Things are in a devil of a mess here." Civilities.

Letter to Thomas McCrae from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Apologizes for his neglect in the work of the Textbook. Thanks for the generous article in the July Bulletin of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is ashamed of his procrastination. Hopes to have his share of the Textbook finished this fall. Leas wrote a couple of months ago about the System. Discussion about it. Mentions Malloch helping him in his work. Word about Allbutt at the presentation. News from Grace's health. McCrae's parents must have been pleased with Macphail's volume. Deplores John McCrae's death, which is a heavy loss at McGill. Invitation. Mentions his bronchitis attack.