New York - Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, Nov. 12, 1914 [November 12, 1914] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Brilliantly clear & seasonally cool with
light westerly breeze. 
  Left New York at 10.02 A.M. & 
reached Boston at 4 P.M. Rarely if ever
before has the scenery along the Shore Line
route seemed to me so beautiful .
The light had a combined quality of
clearness & softness peculiar, I think,
to November and the coloring of the
swamps & hillsides was very rich
in russets, purple & subdued tones
of reddish & orange wherever there was
oak foliage. Cattle were scattered about
in green pastures & flocks of Gull
floating on tidal reaches of bays & rivers.
It was all so very attractive to
the eye that I looked out of car window
most of the way.
  Took trolley car out to Cambridge
& reached home shortly after sunset
to find C. [Caroline Brewster] & E. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] there as well.
  Played the new Victrola records to
them after dinner. (We had a venison
steak the gift of Arthur E. [Arthur Estabrook]).

Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Nov. 13, 1914 [November 13, 1914] Wea [Weather]
Fair
Forenoon cloudy; afternoon sunny.
Rather mild with violent southerly wind.

In Garden: - 2 Golden crests [Golden-crowned Kinglet], unidentified
Warbler heard chirping, a Fox Sparrow,
a Junco, 3 White-throated Sparrows.
Jays heard screaming at sunrise.
Trees mostly bare, the ground beneath them
carpeted with dry leaves driven hither &
thither by the gusts of wind. All but
a very few of the hardiest flowers killed
by recent frosts. 
  Spent entire day in Museum
writing letters & cheques for bills.
Mr. Gradoff called in the evening,
staying about half an hour,
Sally Fairchild & her brother Gordon in
late afternoon. We read from 9 to 10
P.M. beginning a new book by
an Englishman who describes, very
entertainingly, his personal experiences
while serving in the German Army.