(Cambridge 
Ther. [Thermometer] Saturday, Jan. 20, 1917 [January 20, 1917] Wea [Weather]
16 [degrees] min [minimum] Dull
  Cloudy & cold. Every now & then fine
snow flakes fell thick & fast but not 
enough of them all told to much more
than whiten the ground. Percy returning
from Concord at eve. reports no more 
snow there than here.
  Garden birds. Somewhat better represented
than for the past few days. 2 Chickadees
& 3 Crows flitting through Jungle.
A White-throat Sparrow [White-throated Sparrow] with about a 
dozen House Sparrows feeding on 
grain thrown out for the Pigeons.
  Working all day long on Goose &
Guinea-hen story. Advanced it 
somewhat and considerably improved
much of the matter already 
written. Without doubt I could
make it reasonably satisfactory
were time no object but the
Umbagog task must be resumed soon.
  Harry Bartlett called at 8.15 P.M.
& departed at 9.45. We talked about 
Kenneth Fund & various other matters.

Cambridge, Boston)
Ther. [Thermometer] Sunday, Jan. 21, 1917 [January 21, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Dull
  Partly sunny; mostly cloudy; very
chilly; snow flakes falling fitfully through
almost windless air.
  Garden birds. Renewed scarcity. Saw
only a Jay and about 15 House Sparrows
no glympse of a Gray Squirrel for 
several days.
  Devoted forenoon to writing letters.
Motored to Boston with C. [Caroline Brewster] (in
C. Riv. Garage limousine) at 12.30.
We dined at the Cunninghams
with May & Harry. Left there
at 3.15 & [and] called on the Rogers.
Home by limousine along river
parkway. At my desk 4.30 to 
6.30. Dick Dana [Richard H. Dana] called at 5
bringing his dog "Tipperary" &
staying half an hour.
  Evening spent in hall, E. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] reading 
Charlotte Bronte's "Villette" a fine
story. I played Victrola later.
