Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer]   MON. JULY 7, 1913 [Monday, July 7, 1913]  Wea [Weather]
Yellow W. [Yellow Warbler] 9 young in Garden.  Fair
Largely cloudy, partly sunny.
Refreshingly cool with brisk northerly
wind.
Spent most of day in Museum
writing letters, cheques for bills etc
& clearing up my desk. Also 
supervised pruning of big [catalpa?]
by Percy. Called on Joe & Mrs.
Russell in the evening (8.30-10.15.
Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert] at Concord overhauling his
"car" with Hancock's help.
The Garden very pretty now with
holy hocks [hollyhocks] & larkspurs at their best
or near it. Red-eye [Red-eyed Vireo] & Goldfinch singing.
At least 9 Robins, mostly young, & 
5 or 6 Grackles, 2 Jays followed about
with anxious cheeping by [female] Yellow Warbler
who in turn was followed by 2 young
fully grown & feathered & in [full?]
[completed  [?] [?]. Yet she fed them
at short intervals.
Cambridge-Boston
Ther [Thermometer]  TUES. JULY 8, 1913 [Tuesday, July 8 , 1913] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Brilliantly clear with light W. [west] wind.
Much warmer & indeed rather sultry
at noon but cool at morn [morning] & eve [evening].
  Spent most of forenoon in house
& museum getting things together to
take to Glendale. Gilbert had 
most of them packed when I started
for Boston at 12.30. Went first
to Shreve Crump & Low's where I
bought a big Tiffany bowl to be
given by C.[Caroline] & me to Dan & Mary
French on July 17th (silver wedding)
Next to Bunch O'Grapes for lunch.
Thence to office where I spent
two hours. Sent draft to [?] &
[Sons?] settling my annual [arr.?] [arrangement?] with 
them to date (because of hard &
anxious times) instead of at end of year.
Home by 4 - Wrote letters & had
a nap. Solitary supper. In due [?]