Newer UK Edition of CoS Has Three Changes From Original Edition

[erisedstraeh2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 43656

I promised the group that I would identify changes made in the UK 
adult paperback versions of the books as I make my way through them.  
I've just finished CoS, and have three changes to report (I'm 
assuming that these are changes from not only the US editions, which 
I have, but are also changes from the original UK editions, which I 
do not have. I checked the pages on the Lexicon that note the 
differences between the US and UK editions, and these changes are not 
noted, so I'm presuming that the following are changes from the 
original UK editions as well):

(1) When Harry meets Riddle in the Chamber, in the original edition, 
Riddle asks Harry "...how is it that you - a *skinny boy* with no 
extraordinary magical talent - managed to defeat the greatest wizard 
of all time?"  In the newer edition, it reads:  "...how is it that a 
*baby* with no extraordinary magical talent managed to defeat the 
greatest wizard of all time?" (Ch. 17, emphases mine to show the 
differences).

Since Riddle then goes on to say "How did you escape with nothing but 
a scar, while Lord Voldemort's powers were destroyed?", it's clear 
that he's referencing when the AK rebounded from Baby!Harry rather 
than the Quirrellmort encounter in PS/SS.  So the change from "skinny 
boy" to "baby" makes sense to me.

(2) As Harry is running from the Basilisk in the Chamber with his 
eyes shut, the original edition reads "*Voldemort* was laughing" 
while the newer edition reads "*Riddle* was laughing" (Ch. 17, 
emphases mine to show the differences).

I think this change is particularly telling - I had previously 
noticed that this was the only instance in this chapter where JKR 
referred to Riddle as "Voldemort," and had wondered if it was an 
error.  Apparently it was!

(3) In Chapter 18 of the original edition, when Lucius Malfoy and 
Dobby appear in Professor McGonagall's office, it reads:  "The elf 
was carrying a stained rag with which he was attempting to finish 
cleaning Mr. Malfoy's shoes.  Apparently Mr. Malfoy had set out in a 
great hurry, for not only were his shoes half-polished, but his 
usually sleek hair was disheveled.  Ignoring the elf bobbing 
apologetically around his ankles, he fixed his cold eyes upon 
Dumbledore.

'So!' he said 'You've come back.  The governors suspended you, but 
you still saw fit to return to Hogwarts.'"

The newer edition completely eliminates the paragraph about Dobby 
polishing Mr. Malfoy's shoes and when Mr. Malfoy speaks, it 
reads: "'So!' said Lucius Malfoy, his cold eyes fixed on 
Dumbledore.  'You've come back.  The governors suspended you, but you 
still saw fit to return to Hogwarts.'"

This change has me baffled - why would Dobby be with Lucius if Dobby 
wasn't in the middle of performing a menial task such as shoe-
polishing?  Why leave this out?

In addition, the newer edition also has Dumbledore telling Harry that 
Voldemort is the last remaining *descendant* of Slytherin (Ch. 18), 
but since we all know that JKR has already owned up to that error, 
I'm just mentioning it as an aside.

I'll keep you posted as I make my way through PoA!

~Phyllis