Letter to Mabel Brewster from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks for the photographs of Sylvia. Will sail in the middle of September. Will be in Avalon for the last week of September. Mentions his text-book finally finished. They have had many visitors. Both his brothers have been with them. His sister is coming tonight. Mentions their holiday in Scotland at Tongue, in the Sunderlandshire, for August. Comments on Revere. They are excited about Woodrow Wilson of whom he is very fond. Sorry that Roosevelt has treated Taft badly. Mentions the visit of Uncle Ned's boy. Civilities.

Letter to Mabel Brewster from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Glad to hear from her. Mentions that they had lots of visitors, Mrs. Osler likes it but it tires him a bit. Dilemma : America in September or a break for the Winter with a real holiday in Italy. Never took any holiday and if he does, it will be a long one till Spring. Disappointed not to meet Sylvia. Asks her to keep the secret because he is slated for the Tuberculosis Congress in Washington in September. News of Revere. Mentions the Lord Rectorship at the University of Edinburgh. It amuses him. Will look for a resting place for her next year, in France or England. Shocked by the accidental death of Mrs. Chapin's boy (aged 14), their nephew. Civilities.

Letter to Mabel Brewster from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks her for the Robin Hood volumes. Memories of his mother repeating many stories of the very ones in this edition. It moves him and he cried as he thought how Revere would have loved them. Mentions Revere's interest in ballad literature. While he was looking at the book, Grace uttered a cry of grief as she learned of the death of young Ely of Rochester, New York. Details on their relation to Ely. Kissel, one of the latter friends, is knocked out by the news. The Oslers sympathize with these young boys far away from their home. Asks her to let him know of any in whom she is interested. P.S. Grace reports him that at the big service at the Cathedral, the Bishop read as a part of his sermon Lincoln's Gettysburg speech. Comments on how Lincoln is inspiring them.

Letter to Mabel Brewster from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Civilities. Mentions his work for the text-book. It is hard work to review something and put it in a new form. Recalls that it was just 20 years ago since he was working at the first edition. It has brought him hosts of friends known and unknown. Will give her the new edition in October. He has not begun his Yale Lectures. He is looking forward with pleasure to a week at Avalon (in September). Asks her to thanks her husband for his letter. Glad that he liked Pasteur life. He expressed his admiration for Pasteur. Civilities.

Letter to Mabel Brewster from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks her for her gift. Asks her if she ever read Lucians Dialogues. Revere is leaving college and going into the University and Public School Regiment. Mentions that he hates to have him go, and deplores that his training in Oxford is interrupted. Sends her a proof of his bookplate with his own design. Explains that he is still waiting until he find someone who can put in a moderate space something distinctive of the four Universities with which he has been connected. Mentions that he has been talking with 600 soldiers on health, camp, and field. Sends her a proof of a letter to the Journal of the Medical Association. Civilities.

Letter to Mabel Brewster from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Hopes his Christmas greetings will not be late. Mentions the cheery letters from Revere who has never been so happy since the war began. Details on the life at the front. Sends her an anthology of the Ages of Man. Reflections on war. Mentions the many wounded they have, even without big battle. Mentions that he is expecting a group of 68 American doctors next week. They have asked for 250 young men who will be placed in the Military Hospitals. Comments on the US help they receive. Asks her to tell Uncle Ned (E.S. Martin) that America is doing more than he knows. Civilities.

Letter to Mabel Brewster from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks for the book received on Christmas eve. Mentions the coincidence that he is deep in this period, reading the Malade Imaginaire of Molière, 1763. Mentions Boileau. Comments on the latter's books. Sends her a book. Mentions a nice letter from Uncle Ned (E.S. Martin). Worried because they have not received any letters from Revere for eleven days. Best wishes for 1917.

Letter to Mabel Brewster from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Comments on a picture of her baby. They had a house full for Christmas. Lists their guests. Details of their Christmas. Grace has not had time to think of anything, but the Belgians and she is acting as a distributing agent for American presents. It is wonderful. They received big packages every week. Word about Revere's devotion to books. Deplores that his son has to interrupt his studies, but Revere goes on with the military training and will take a commission when ready. His library grows apace. His brother gives him money to meet his extravagances, as he knows that the medical and scientific books are being collected for Canada. The weather is awful. The raids and bombs are doing much good, except to the poor sufferers, in rousing the country. The American Commission in Belgium is doing a marvellous work. Civilities.

Letter to Mabel Brewster from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. It was a Christmas with desolation in their hearts. The house was full with friends, a nephew, Futcher and Susan Chapin. They had 17 American doctors who are stationed in Oxford in the evening. Mentions their difficulty hiding their sadness. Wonders how Grace stands the double life. Comments on the picture of her children. Susan Chapin is in charge of the American Red Cross distribution work in London. She only visits them during the weekends. U.S. troops are pouring through. Opinion on the ending of the war. Asks her if Uncle Ned's boy is over yet, as they would like to help him. Their house is a regular distribution depot for comforts.

Letter to Mabel Brewster from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks for the Browning, which will be a companion volume. Her husband came last eve and they will have a busy Christmas. His brother Frank and his wife, Susan Chapin, Susan Revere, Jason Mixter, W.W. Francis and Gwyn will be there. Wishes that she would be there with her children. Discussion over her case as she thinks her hearing is less acute. Love to E.S. Martin. Mentions the enthusiasm in England about the USA and Wilson. There may be at last a great peace. Sad about Revere. Civilities.