▁to ▁readers : ▁Par ents ▁and ▁Pro s pective ▁Pat rons ▁of ▁the ▁Private ▁School s ▁are ▁cord ial ly ▁invited ▁to ▁call ▁upon ▁or ▁write ▁Mr . ▁S argent ▁for ▁int imate ▁information ▁and ▁un pre jud iced ▁advice . ▁Please ▁state ▁the ▁Problem ▁clearly . ▁No ▁Fe es ▁are ▁accepted . ▁ ▁S argent ' s ▁interests ▁gradually ▁expanded ▁into ▁many ▁fields . ▁Mo e hl man ▁wrote ▁that ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 0 s , ▁because ▁of ▁S argent ' s ▁writ ings , ▁ ▁the ▁annual ▁crit iques ▁and ▁other ▁solid ▁books , ▁including ▁one ▁of ▁poetry , ▁that ▁pour ▁stead ily ▁from ▁Por ter ▁S argent ' s ▁pen ▁have ▁developed ▁a ▁growing ▁and ▁regular ▁audience . ▁More ▁than ▁ten ▁thousand ▁people ▁buy ▁his ▁books ▁every ▁year , ▁and ▁an ▁estimated ▁forty ▁thousand ▁more ▁look ▁over ▁their ▁shoulders ▁to ▁read ▁without ▁meeting ▁the ▁ad mission ▁price . ▁ ▁Review ing ▁one ▁of ▁S argent ' s ▁books ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 7 , ▁Edmund ▁A . ▁Op itz ▁wrote ▁that ▁ ▁what ▁Por ter ▁S argent ▁says   ... ▁is ▁important , ▁but ▁not ▁so ▁important ▁as ▁what ▁he ▁is . ▁He ▁is ▁an ▁independent ▁and ▁intellig ent ▁diss enter , ▁a ▁type ▁once ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁rather ▁characteristic ▁of ▁New ▁England ▁and ▁of ▁which ▁we ▁were ▁just ly ▁proud . ▁It ▁is ▁our ▁mis fort une ▁and ▁the ▁country ' s ▁that ▁this ▁type ▁is ▁now ▁rare   ... ▁He ▁keeps ▁his ▁thinking ▁open