[kennyc]

Originally Posted by HarryT

It was the normal thing in the 19th century for a chapter title (or, more accurately, subtitle) to actually contain a summary of the events in the chapter.

Eg, from Dickens' "Martin Chuzzlewit":



So you know roughly what's going to happen in the chapter before you read it .

Yep, kindofa 19th century teaser...