Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, Feb. 11, 1918 [February 11, 1918] Wea [Weather] 
18 [degrees] 34 [degrees] Fair.
  Partly cloudy, mostly sunny but
very hazy. Light westerly breeze.
  Garden birds. 2 Chickadees &
a Jay. Crow cawing in distance.
  Spent most of day in Museum,
working on Introduction and 
recopying parts of it for not
less than the twentieth time.
At this rate, it might occupy
me for a lifetime equaling in 
length that ascribed to Methusela [Methuselah].
  Walked up Brattle St. after
luncheon. Carpenters re-roofing
Endicott house so damaged
by recent fire. Snow now
almost a foot in depth & 
covering uniformly every square
yard of street, sidewalk &
city lawn. It has not melted
much anywhere for weeks

Cambridge. Mid-winter thaw.
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Feb. 12, 1918 [February 12, 1918] Wea [Weather] 
30 [degrees], 42 [degrees] Dull.
  Thin cloudy with some brief intervals
of sunshine & little or no wind.
First real thaw since December
last. Snow melting rapidly in 
city streets. Rising temperatures are
unspeakable relief to those of us
who have found recent unprecedented
 cold so very hard to bear. It is
most welcome also to the many
ill-supplied with fuel still.
Everyone agrees that winter so
severe and depressing has ever
come & gone within his or her
recollection.
  Garden birds. 2 Chickadees & 
a Jay.
  Working almost all day on
Umbagog M.S. [manuscript] & still pottering
over its Introduction & Preface.
Walked up Brattle St. as far
as Elmwood, soon after luncheon.