▁Mo e hl man ▁wrote ▁that ▁S argent ' s ▁" ann ual ▁Fore words ▁to ▁the ▁Hand book ▁of ▁Private ▁School s ▁gradually ▁evol ved ▁into ▁the ▁most ▁compreh ensive ▁crit iques ▁of ▁education ▁published ▁anywhere . ▁His ▁candid ▁treatment ▁of ▁v ested ▁interests , ▁of ▁educational ▁cant , ▁of ▁stuff ed ▁sh ir ts , ▁of ▁the ▁tradition - enc r usted ▁academic ▁mind ▁and , ▁above ▁all , ▁the ▁sacred ▁c ows ▁of ▁privile ge ▁and ▁tradition ▁brought ▁them ▁into ▁more ▁prom in ence ▁with ▁each ▁succeed ing ▁edition ." ▁Because ▁other ▁publish ers ▁fe ared ▁lib el ▁su its , ▁S argent ▁was ▁" for ced ▁to ▁become ▁his ▁own ▁publish er ." ▁ ▁The ▁Hand book ''' s ▁fourth ▁edition ▁( 1 9 1 8 ) ▁was ▁more ▁than ▁ 7 0 0 ▁pages ▁in ▁length , ▁had ▁do z ens ▁of ▁chap ters ▁in ▁four ▁long ▁sections ▁entitled ▁ 1 . ▁" Int ro duct ory ," ▁( e . g ., ▁' History ▁of ▁the ▁private ▁school ,' ▁' The ▁new ▁school ▁movement ,' ▁' v oc ational ▁education ,' ▁etc .), ▁ 2 . ▁" C rit ical ▁Description ▁of ▁School s ▁and ▁Summer ▁Cam ps " ▁( by ▁gender , ▁curr icul um , ▁region ), ▁ 3 . ▁" Com par ative ▁T ables ," ▁and ▁ 4 . ▁" E du c ational ▁Direct ories ." ▁Im medi ately ▁after ▁the ▁table ▁of ▁contents , ▁it ▁also ▁contained ▁the ▁following ▁inv itation