BLANQUI, LOUIS AUGUSTE

(180581), Fr. author; founded Societe retator of communism; pub. several works on economic and social questions. station, Nyas a land, Brit. Central Africa; named after Living stone’s birthplace. town, Cork, Ireland; in outer wall of B. Castle is the B. stone, out of reach of ground; to ki it gives eloquence, hence any one with unusual powers of Poe is said in Ireland to have sed the B. stone. a Spanish novelist. In his early years he was active in radical agitation and was several times imprisoned for the freedom of his utterances and writing. He was at one time a member of the Cortez as a Republican deputy. His fame, however, rests chiefly upon his novels which were popular for many poate in Spain before they became known other countries. His early books include In the Shadow of the Cathedral, Blood and Sand, The Dead Command. He became internationally known through the publication of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. It was based on the German invasion of France and Belgium. This was a work of great power and was followed by Mare Nostrum, the scene of which was in the Mediterranean and which dealt with the war. He visited United States in 1920 and also spent some time in Mexico during the revolution which established General Obregon as president. Several of his books were produced as moving pictures with great succe . These include The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and Blood and Sand. q