Harry Potter - First Media Appearance!

According to Jason Kottke , one of those made famous by blogs, this is the first mention of our dear friend Harry in the New York Times on Dec. 17, 1998:

The other books on the fiction best-seller list are ''The Night Before Christmas'' (Putnam) by Clement C. Moore and ''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'' (Scholastic) by J. K. Rowling, certainly closer to belles lettres than Ms. Curtis's work.

Certainly not the last!!

Also intriguing is Kottke's blog that the NYT has made 150 years of its articles available for free. A researchers paradise!

(Tip courtesy the Hobbled Runner.)