BERTRAND, LOUIS (1866— ) , French author, was born at Spincourt (Meuse) on March 20, 1866, and lived in Algiers from 1891 to 1900. He was received into the Academie Franvaise on Nov. 26, 1926. In a series of novels and other works, Bertrand depicted the civilization of north Africa. Important examples of his novels are Le Sang des Races 0899), Pepete le bien-aime (1904). Other works are La Fin du Classicisme et le Retour a l'Antique (1897) ; Saint Augustin (1913). Bertrand believed in the possibility of a renaissance of culture and learning in north Africa through the infiltration of French culture, and that con versely, Africa would give renewed strength to the old civilization of France.