7 NOVEMBER 1914, Page 9

The Story of Waterford. By Edmund Downey. (Waterford News.)—Mr. Downey

is already known as an agreeable painter of the lighter aspects of Irish life. In this volume he under- takes a more serious task—the history of big native city down to 1750. Waterford—the Harbour of the Sun—has played an important part in Irish history. We may have some doubts about the tradition that it was founded by Noah's granddaughter ; but most of Mr. Downey's statements rest on better authority.