OSLERIANA.


Dinner to Dr. William Osler Previous to His Departure for England to Assume the Regius Professorship of Medicine in the University of Oxford. May Second, Nineteen Hundred and Five. Waldorf-Astoria. New York: [Printed for] Black, Starr & Frost, 1905. 8vo (216 x 158 mm). Publisher's printed wrappers, original loose folded sheet listing the toasts laid-in. VERY RARE PROGRAM FOR THOSE IN ATTENDANCE AT OSLER'S FAREWELL DINNER AT THE WALDORF-ASTORIA. Printed for the prestigious New York City jewelry firm Black, Starr & Frost. This program was unknown to Golden and Roland when they published their definitive bibliography. In Golden's Addenda, published in 1997, he adds a note to entry 1183: "A similarly titled brochure, New York, printed by Black, Starr & Frost, 1905, in a smaller format, was distributed at the dinner and gave the seating arrangements and the list of guests (with minor variations in spelling and initials.)" Golden makes no mention of the folded leaf laid into this copy (and presumably all copies distributed at the dinner) that lists the toasts.