Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] MON. JAN. 6, 1913 [Monday, January 6, 1913] Wea [Weather]
58º [58 degrees] Ladies delights in bloom. Fair.
Partly sunny, calm, very warm.
Percy reports "ladies' delights" in 
full bloom in our garden to-day.
  The house is constantly overheated 
despite open doors & windows.
  No native birds noted in Garden.
  Spent day in Museum working
on Woodcock & making poor progress,
writing only a single page.
  C. [Caroline] worked through forenoon &
caught me up, doing 8 pp [8 pages] of M.S. [manuscript].
  Her reading class met in P.M.
I came in at 5 to see them all.
Talked mostly with Miss Horsford
& Miss Swazey.
  Nuttall Club meeting this eve. [evening]
15 present. I read Great Blue Heron
story from Umbagog M.S. [manuscript]. It was
coldly received I thought.
Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] TUES. JAN. 7, 1913 [Tuesday, January 7, 1913] Wea [Weather]
Stormy
Dark, lowering skies, chill N.E. [northeast]
wind & rain changing to sleet
at nightfall.
  Saw a Blue Jay in the lindens 
& a white-throated Sparrow in the
lilacs this morning.
  Spent day in museum working
ceaselessly on Woodcock story
and writing 2 M.S. [manuscript] pages.
C & E. [Caroline & Elizabeth] did not leave the house
to day so far as I know.
Mr. [Duvay?] called at 8 P.M.
to try to induce me to take a 
mortgage in a storage warehouse
he & others are about to build near
Harvard Sq. [Harvard Square]. I told him I had
no money to invest but would
try to get some friends interested
It impresses me favorably.