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[Mike]

> 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?

Mike:
An interesting question, Rita. A friend of mine has written a novel 
that she hopes to get published. It is set in the Regency period, 
1820s England. She titles each of her chapters in the style you're 
referring to, with things like "Wherein Mr. Marbury finds his lost 
shoe", though she does it much better than I.

Carol, any literary history you want to share?

Mike, who learned how to add messages on his sig line from reading 
Carol's sig lines