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The séries FRENCH AUTHORS IN WAR 71 ME will, it is hoped, place

Before our Allies and friends in Europe

AND BEFORE OUR GENEROUS FRIENDS IN AmERICA

tlie best pages which the last tragic months hâve brought forth.

W 11 ILE France at the front is fighting and dyîng, it is the duty of France at home to scatter beyond her boundaries and across the seas Ihose writings which vibrate with the faith of her soldiers and with the ideas which they défend.

The séries will begin with three volumes, the first contai ning sélections from the writings of Maurice Bârhés, the second being lectures by Emile Boutroux, and the Lhird, studies ])y Ernest Lavisse. Ail of thèse racn bear names that ring true on French soil.

To ihc hearts of Frenchmen the articles which Bahhès writes in the daily press are a source of comfort and of courage. The French reader is touched that one of the masters of French prose, a notable artiste like Bahrès, sliould dévote himself to the problems, however humble, which the heroic hour provides. But for