Philosopher's stone v. sorcerer's stone

[nancyaw2001 at yahoo.com]

Gee. And to think I thought I'd gotten a good education! <G> I don't 
know of any object called the "sorcerer's stone". Nor had I ever 
heard of the Philosopher's Stone. Just thought it came from the 
windmills of JKR's mind (very impressive windmills, they are!). The 
fact that it's already a legend makes the story, to me, that much 
more believeable. She mixes lots of already existing legend into the 
books, and it spills into the movie. Wish they'd done a bit more 
explaining about how Hagrid wrote to all Lily and James's friends and 
gathered the pictures together for Harry. 

Nancy (who is finding it hard to type with a cat in her lap!)