GHOST SHIPS, HAMILTON AND SCOURGE: HISTORICAL TREASURES FROM THE WAR OF 1812 Emily Cain. Toronto, Musson Books, c1983. 152pp, cloth, $29.95. ISBN 0-7737-0070-6. Grades 7 and up. Reviewed by Jack Brown. Volume 12 Number 2 1984 March About 2 a.m. on August 18, 1813, a sudden squall on Lake Ontario sank the schooners Hamilton and Scourge at a depth of a hundred metres about nine kilometres off Port Dalhousie. In 1971, the Royal Ontario Museum began a search for the vessels, and four years later they were located in water so cold and dark that they art remarkably well preserved. In 1982, the National Geographic Society, in connection with the Hamilton-Scourge Foundation, conducted a photographic survey. This book recounts the naval campaigns of the ships and documents their present condition with maps, drawings, sketches, and photographs. Emily Cain, a graduate of Harvard and Yale, is the research and coordinating officer of the Hamilton-Scourge Project. She has woven a fabric of detail that brings to life their building, peace-time purposes, and conversion into ships of war. She recalls the gallantry and courage of the people associated with the vessels and puts them into historical context. The book contains ninety-nine excellent photographs with underwater colour shots that are breathtakingly beautiful. The type is a good size, and the layout is pleasing. The index seems adequate. The fourteen pages of reference notes show the material was well researched. The book will have wide appeal. Jack Brown, Kingston C. V. I., Kingston, ON.