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DARLINGTON, W. A. Alf’s button. *$1.75 Stokes
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By the fortunes of war, it happened that Aladdin’s famous lamp was among a group of curios which were melted up during the late war, and appeared subsequently as buttons for soldiers’ tunics. So it was that Private Alf ‘Iggins, hard at work with his toothbrush on his second button, in preparation for inspection, was amazed and terrified at the sight of a djinn appearing before him, bowing low and asking for orders. He eventually recovered from his terror enough to take advantage of the genie’s powers, aided and abetted by Bill Grant, whose imagination was more riotous than Alf’s. Their adventures with “Eustace,” as they christened the djinn, make up the book. The fact that Eustace often brought an oriental flavor into the carrying out of their wishes proves rather disconcerting to Alf and Bill, and brings them some undesired notoriety.
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“The most amusing book I have read this summer is ‘Alf’s button.’” E. L. Pearson
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