SNORING AS A FINE ART
AND
TWELVE OTHER ESSAYS

By
Albert Jay Nock

RICHARD R. SMITH PUBLISHER, INC.

Rindge, New Hampshire

1958

Copyright, © 1958 By
Francis Jay Nock

Published By
Richard R. Smith Publisher, Inc.
Topside, West Rindge, N. H.

Library of Congress
Catalog Card Number:
57-10363

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Printed in U. S. A. by
The Colonial Press Inc.

These Essays were selected

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Permission to reprint the essays herein has been graciously granted by the original copyright owners specified below. Since publication, however, the ownership of the several copyrights has been transferred to the author’s son, Dr. Francis Jay Nock.

The American Mercury:

What the American Votes For. February 1933

The Atlantic Monthly:

If Only—August 1937

Sunday in Brussels. September 1938

INTRODUCTION

By Suzanne La Follette

A FRIEND who saw a great deal of Albert Jay Nock during his long sojourns in Belgium once said to me, “I don’t know how he does it; but when you’re with Albert Nock you find yourself coming out with things you didn’t know you had it in you to say.”

SNORING AS A FINE ART

And the Claims of General M. I. Kutusov

As an Artist

I

LIFE, LIBERTY, AND...

UTOPIA IN PENNSYLVANIA:

THE AMISH

I

ADVERTISING AND

LIBERAL LITERATURE

HENRY GEORGE:

UNORTHODOX AMERICAN

WHAT THE AMERICAN VOTES FOR

MY FIRST and only presidential vote was cast many, many years ago. It was dictated by pure instinct. I remember the circumstances well. Like all well-brought-up youngsters, I had been told that it was the duty of every citizen to vote—reasons not stated. I was prepared to obey in all good faith, and accordingly, when the time came, I set forth to the polls.