BAZIN, RENE (1853-193 2 ), French novelist and man of letters, was born at Angers on Dec. 26, 1853. He studied law in Paris and became professor of law in the Catholic university at Angers. His novel, Une Tache d'encre (1888), which received a prize from the Academy, was translated into English by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch and P. M. Francke (1892). Other works of his are: La Terre qui meurt (1899, Eng. trans, Autumn Glory, Igo') ; Les Oberle (I go I ), an Alsatian story, dramatized in 1902 ; Le Ble qui leve (1907, Eng. trans., By Faith Alone, 1908) ; Charles de Foucauld, etc. (1921, Eng. trans. by P. Keelan, 1923) ; a volume of short stories, Le Conte du Triolet (1924, Eng. trans. 1924) ; Baltus Lorrain (1926), and Fils de l'Eglise (1927). Bazin was admitted to the Academie Francaise on April 28, 1904.