Cambridge.
Ther. [Thermometer] THURS. JULY 7, 1910 [Thursday, July 7, 1910] Wea. [Weather]
Fine.
Clear, calm, hot. Of late we
have had continuous warm weather
by day but without much humidity
& with uniformly cool nights so
that we have not been uncomfortable.
  C. [Caroline] & I worked through the
forenoon on Umbagog and I stuck
to it most of the afternoon, also.
  Mrs. Cobb was with us at every
meal and her sister Lizzy Fuller
took tea with us. E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] started
for Mt. Desert by 5 o'clock Bangor
boat to spend 2 weeks with the
Eliots. C. went in to see her off.
  Rats have reappeared in some
numbers in our garden attracted,
I suspect, by the cherries. It is
several years since they have troubled
us before. A House Sparrow flew against
my study window this morn & fell dead.
Cambridge.
Ther. [Thermometer] FRI. JULY 8, 1910 [Friday, July 8, 1910] Wea. [Weather]
Fine.
Clear, calm, hot, humid; a very
trying day.
  I worked nearly all day on
the Umbagog task C. [Caroline] copying M.S. [manuscript]
through the forenoon. The heat was
very oppressive. Mrs. Cobb and Lizzy F [Fuller]
were with us at breakfast & supper.
After supper we escorted them home
and then called on the Howes
seeing the entire family. Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert]
went to Concord & brought back 4
boxes of strawberries. C. has
been reading the De Willoughby
Claim aloud to me, a good story.
  Our catalapa [catalpa] tree in fullest bloom
to day & wonderfully beautiful
& impressive. It filled the Garden
with fragrance this evening. Heard
a Nuthatch in the Jungle. An Oriole
in full song at sunset also a Robin.
[margin] Screech Owl love song in lindens 10 P.M. [/margin]
[margin] The 58 Goldfinches showering down a stir in chase of [female] all singing.[/margin]