In this letter, Osler mentions some Christmas visitors, and reflects on the chances of getting some of Dr. J. F. Payne's splendid rare book collection for the Johns Hopkins Library. Payne, a good friend of Osler's who died earlier in 1910, was a pathologist, medical historian, and avid rare book collector; from 1899, he was Harveian Librarian at the Royal College of Physicians.
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