Naughty reply

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)" <catlady at ...> 
wrote:
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> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67@> wrote:
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> > Carol, who does at least know what a mustellid is :-)

Catlady:
> Something else that I think you're likely to know: why do the chapters
> of eighteenth century novels have long titles that are a summary of
> the chapter?

Geoff:
(1) Early form of speed reading.

(2) So you could catch up while you were on on the horse bus 
or train to work. The 19th century equivalent of the headlines 
at the beginning of the news....
:-)