A New Flint?

[Elizabeth Clayton]

No: HPFGUIDX 26854

>I was rereading PoA (hardcover, Bloomsbury, 20th printing) and lo and 
>behold, on the first page of Chapter One Harry is reading "A History of 
>Magic" by Adalbert Waffling!  I knew that wasn't correct, so I checked my 
>copy of PS (also hardcover, Bloomsbury, 20th printing) and confirmed from 
>the list of first-year textbooks in Chapter Five, "Diagon Alley", that 
>Bathilda Bagshot had written that book, while Adalbert Waffling had written 
>"Magical Theory."  I have never come across this Flint before.  Am I the 
>first to do so?  It is hard to believe that this is true, but if so, 
>Hooray!  I found a Flint!

>Haggridd

Ooh, good catch! In both my hardcover editions it's by Waffling, but in my 
paperback it's changed to Bathilda. (Yes, I have three copies. What, doesn't 
everyone?)

Also, if you check CoS, the names of Lockharts books change from 'Wanderings 
with Werewolves' and 'Year with the Yeti' (chapter four, on the booklist) to 
'Weekend with a Werewolf' and 'Year with a Yeti' (chaper six, Lockharts 
class), respectivley. I guess that could be put down to Lockhart being a 
stupid great prat, but I think he'd be the type of person who'd know 'his' 
books off by heart, because he's so stuck on himself.

Elizabeth C

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