From: le@main.put.com   
      
   Igenlode Wordsmith  wrote:   
   > On 15 Jun 2013 RC  wrote:   
   >   
   >>Wow, after all this time, another interesting discussion.  Somehow,   
   >>Snape lost the book.  That's not unbelievable when you think about a   
   >>student packing up and leaving the school he attended for 6 years,and   
   >>his handwriting may have changed through the years.  Mine did.   
   >   
   > Yes, I imagine he lost it and somebody subsequently picked it up and   
   > said "This is a mucky old book, but we'll keep it in the cupboard as a   
   > spare". After all, we know that this has happened at least once before,   
   > because there is more than one old book in the cupboard - Ron also gets   
   > issued one!   
   >   
   > (In fact, is it actually stated anywhere that this was originally   
   > Snape's mother's book? It probably was -- but it may have been a spare   
   > out of the Potions cupboard in the first place :-)   
   >   
   >>But what I don't understand is why Snape didn't publish a new Advanced   
   >>Potions book.  He would have made a fortune! But, as Hermonie said,   
   >>Wizards are not logical.   
   >   
   > He doesn't seem very eager to *teach* his techniques, either... wizards   
   > seem to be secretive too. (Even if Hogwarts is using standard textbooks,   
   > as Potions master Snape could quite easily add customised information   
   > while teaching his lessons -- such as 'adding a counter-clockwise stir   
   > will produce better results in this potion' -- and gain personal kudos   
   > for turning out class after class of students with higher Potions   
   > abilities than any other school/teacher.)   
      
   But since Hogwarts is the monopoly comprehensive school for wizarding   
   Britain,there is no one to rate him against.   
      
   > I think we can probably guess that Snape isn't any more interested in   
   > personal wealth than in personal grooming (for whatever reason...)   
   > judging by what little we see of his private life: the only luxuries in   
   > his furnishings are books. (Whatever Hogwarts pays its masters -- and   
   > remember they are getting accommodation and three hot meals a day into   
   > the bargain! -- Snape's role surely left open an awful lot of potential   
   > blackmail opportunities, if nothing else, if he had wanted to make some   
   > cash...) So possibly the prospect of making a fortune by publishing a   
   > best-seller wouldn't have been much of an inducement versus the prospect   
   > of giving away all his 'trade secrets'.   
   >   
   > But one would have thought that the prospect of becoming an   
   > internationally famous and admired authority on the subject would have   
   > been balm to his twisted mind; he appears to enjoy flattery (from   
   > Slytherin students, anyway...)   
      
   Again,I expect the Trio saw to it that he got this posthumously.   
      
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