London
July 28. Clear with a short shower
& a clap of thunder late in P.M.
  To London Tower by "bus" in the
forenoon. Found it exceedingly
interesting, especially the old armor
and weapons. To my surprise there
were no English arrows and but
one small case of crossbows and
their bolts, all the bows of steel.
There was a fine Raven in the
court near the site of the old
place of execution, a tame bird
very noisy and animated croaking
& uttering a human-like cry.
  To St. Pauls next. Much disappointed
in this building although it is 
rather imposing outside.
Lunched directly opposite - a wonderfully
good & cheap lunch.
  C. & E. then returned by bus. I called at
Brown & Shipleys & afterwards shopped
a little.
London
July 29. Cloudy, raining most of the
day.
  To Royal Academy in A.M. with
C.& E. Two great paintings, the
Doctor and St. Elizabeth. The Mother
by Ned S[?]s we placed third.
  After these there were only a few really
good ones, a number of passable
ones and a surprising number of
wretched daubs.
  We lunched in the building.
Then C. & E. returned by cab. I
wandered about for two hours
spending much of the time
in book stores. Many bird birds [sic] [books]
especially sets of Gould's works
all very high-priced.
  At 5 P.M. we started for the
House of Commons. Arriving sent
in Mr. Thayer's & our cards to Mr. Bryce
M. P. but he was out so we
returned.