Preveza
or PREVISA, a fortified town formerly in the extreme S. W. of European Turkey, now belonging to Greece; on the N. side of the entrance to the Gulf of Arta. It exports valonia acorns, wool, cotton, and oil. The Venetians held the town from 1683 to 1797. One year later Ali Pasha drove out the French garrison and plundered the place.
Pop. about 7,500.
PRÉVOST, EUGENE MARCEL, a French novelist; born in Paris, May 1, 1862. His first story, "The Scorpion" (1887), the tragic history of a clerical tutor in a Jesuit school, made a deep impression because of the fine psychological insight and intimate knowledge of the priestly life it displayed. Among his works are "Our Helpmate: Provincials and Parisiennes" (1885); "Chonchette" (1888); "Mlle. Jaufre" (1889); "Women's Letters" (1892); "A Woman's PRIAM Autumn" (1893); "The Mill at Nazareth" (1894); "The Demi-Virgins" (1894); "Les Verges Fortes" (1901); "Monsieur et Madame Moloch" (1906); "Lettres à Françoise Mariée" (1910); etc.