Cambridge.
Ther. [Thermometer] WED. [Wednesday] JAN. 4, 1911 [January 4, 1911] Wea. [Weather]
Fine
Clear & cold with fresh N.W. [Northwest] wind.
Heard a Flicker calling & Blue Jays
screaming in the Garden.
  Spent entire day in Museum
working through forenoon on letters,
and the afternoon on description
of Pine Point. Lunched alone
C. [Caroline Brewster] having gone in town. She
& E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] read aloud from the
"Lost Ambassador" this evening.
It has a strong plot and is
admirably written. I like it
better than the Illustrious Prince
but C. & E. do not agree with me.
Harry Spelman called at 8.30
A.M. to talk about the Motley
deal & James telephoned from
Concord at 6 P.M. about some
farm matters. 
[margin]Saw a Shrike perch on catalopa tree [catalpa tree] by Museum at 8 A.M.[/margin]

Cambridge.
Ther. [Thermometer] THURS. [Thursday] JAN. [January] 5, 1911 Wea. [Weather]
10 [degrees], 28 [degrees] Fair
Sky veiled in thin clouds through 
which the sun peeped at times.
Cold with violent N.W. [Northwest] wind.
  Spent day in Museum working
on description of Pine Point &
making little progress. I seem to
have got into the doldrums as
far as composing is concerned.
  Tom Clark of Brock Bros. called
at 4 P.M. He wants me to write
a short page of introduction to
a trade circular about specimen
cases & I have agreed to do it
he to supply the matter in the rough.
  C. [Caroline Brewster] lost her purse bag with $10 &
the latch key of our house, in Boston
this forenoon, she knows not how.
We finished "Lost Ambassador" this eve.
Heard Crows & Blue Jay in Garden.