Barren Island
a volcano in the Andaman Sea, about 12° 15′ N. lat.; 93° 54 E. long. Its diameter is about 2 miles.
There is an ancient crater over a mile in diameter, from the center of which a newer cone rises to a height of 1,015 feet.
The volcano was active in 1789 and 1803, but is now semi-dormant.
BARRÈS, MAURICE, a French novelist, born at Charmes-sur-Moselle in 1862. His first work was not especially notable, but he later developed remarkable powers of expression. These were devoted chiefly to attempts to induce the young men of the nation to remain in the provinces and build up national traditions. He was in 1906 elected to the Academy. He was for many years a member of the Chamber of Deputies. His best known works are "Les déracinés" (1897); "L'Appel au soldat" (1900); "Leurs figures" (1902); "Le voyage de Sparte" (1906); "En Italie" (1912).