If I see one fond of appearance, or fine clothes, fine houses, fine furniture, fine equipages, all above his fortune, for which he contracts debts, and ends his career in a prison, _Alas!_ say I, _he has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle_. When I see a beautiful, sweet-tempered girl married to an ill-natured brute of a husband, _What a pity_, say I, _that she should pay so much for a whistle!_ In short, I conceive that great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by the false estimates they have made of the value of things, and by their _giving too much for their whistles_. _This Franklin Handicraft Book is number one in a series of ten now in preparation. You can purchase either a finished book, or the materials only and bind and hand color your own Franklin Book. A special label to go on the inside front cover is supplied with each printed signature, so that those who make their own books can attach their name to each copy._