BY HENRY HARTSHORNE. "COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE." PHILADELPHIA: E. CLAXTON & CO., 930 Market Street. 1881. Copyright secured. 1881. COLLINS, PRINTER. The contents of the following pages are taken from a diary, supposed to be written in 1931, by a gentleman of leisure and good opportunities for observation. Should any reader be inclined to hold the editor or author responsible for what is thus recorded, be it remembered that very little is expressed concerning what ought to