Boston - Cambridge.
Ther. [Thermometer] Tues. [Tuesday] Dec. 26, 1911 [December 26, 1911] Wea. [Weather] 
Fair
Partly sunny, largely cloudy. Mild 
with little or no wind
  I went down town after breakfast &
spent forenoon at our office where I
executed a deed of part of the Rollins
land at Wolfboro [Wolfeboro, New Hampshire] to the church society there
and wrote a number of cheques for bills.
Also took 6 shrs. [shares] of Edison Elec. & Ill. Co [Edison Electric Illuminating Company]
stock and 21 shrs. [shares] of Am. Tel. & Tel [American Telephone and Telegraph] over 
to my box in Safety Vault. Thence
to Bromfield Street where I saw Shelley
Denton in his new office it being our
first meeting for upwards of twelve years.
Thence to the Abbotsford where C. [Caroline Brewster] & I 
lunched together. Thence out to Cambridge.
  From Harvard Bridge saw just above it
about 75 Scaups in water. At Museum
conferred with Billcliffe about restoring
my study door & with Boston man about 
putting in hot water heater. Walter called.
  To Mrs. Scudders' at 6. Mrs. Hillhouse at dinner.
Mr. & Mrs. Bowditch dropped in after it.

Cambridge.
Ther. [Thermometer] Wed. [Wednesday] Dec. 27, 1911 [December 27, 1911] Wea. [Weather] 
Stormy.
A gloomy day with dark, lowering
skies, misty rain & chill easterly wind.
  Spent last night at Mrs. Scudders
where I slept badly & arose in considerable
pain because of an exceedingly hard bed.
As I could not well complain of this
yet cannot run the risk of another such
night I have arranged to sleep in my
own house & bed but to continue to get
my meals at Mrs. Scudders for the present.
I came over to the Museum in a coupe
after breakfast but walked back at
evening. Mrs. Hillhouse was at dinner.
The Batchelders came in after it.
I stayed on until 8.45 & am now
in my den. Percy will sleep in one
of our upper rooms. Two Jays, a
Flicker, a Crow, 2 Chickadees & a
Golden-crest in Garden, 1 Gull flying over etc.