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Published in 1903 by E. P. Dutton & Company in New York is introduced as: "The following pages have been written with the hope that they may be of some use to young armatures. When a boy I experienced the greatest difficulty in obtaining information on many of the simplest pieces of work; my friends could not tell me and the books were so technical that I could not understand them; the result was that I adopted many of the dodges, which are so common with armatures, for the purpose of making my work better then it really was, such as filling a bad joint with putty carefully colored to match the wood, etc. I have since had the good fortune to be regularly taught in a large Engineering Works how tools should be used. I have tried both kinds of work, and I know that the workman's method is right, and that the "dodges" are worse than useless. I also know that the only way to become a good workman is to begin quite at the beginning, and to master the first stages before attempting to do more difficult work. If I succeed in helping one or two young armatures, I shall be amply repaid for the time expended in writing this book. John Wright
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