In reply to the inquiry of E.V. relative to the conversion of the late Mr. William Hone, I send a slight reminiscence of him, which may perhaps be generally interesting to the readers of the _Every Day Book_. It was soon after the period when Mr. Hone (at the time afflicted both in "body and estate") began to acknowledge the truths of Christianity, that I accidentally had an interview with him, though a perfect stranger. Our conversation was brief, but it turned upon the adaptation of the Christian religion to the wants of man, in all the varied stations in which he may be placed on earth, independent of its assurance of a better state hereafter. With child-like meekness, and earnest sincerity, the once contemner and reviler of Christianity testified to me that all his hope for the future was in the great atonement made to reconcile fallen man to his Creator. Before we parted, I was anxious to possess his autograph, and asked him for it; as I had made some collection towards illustrating, his _Every Day Book_, to which it would have been no inconsiderable addition. After a moment of deep thought, he presented me with a slip of paper inscribed as follows, in his small and usual very neat hand:-- "'He that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.'[3] "_Think on this._ "W. HONE. "15 January, 1839." [Footnote 3: Ecclesiastes, i. 18.] Shortly after his death, the following appeared in the _Evangelical Magazine_, which I transcribed at the time:-- "The following was written by Mr. Hone on a blank leaf in his pocket Bible. On a particular occasion he displaced the leaf, and presented it to a gentleman whom we know, and who has correctly copied its contents for publication. LINES _Written before Breakfast, 3rd June 1834, the Anniversary of my Birthday in 1780._ 'The proudest heart that ever beat, Hath been subdued in me; The wildest will that ever rose, To scorn Thy cause, and aid Thy foes, Is quell'd, my God, by Thee. 'Thy will, and not my will, be done; My heart be ever Thine; Confessing Thee, the mighty Word, I hail Thee Christ, my God, my Lord, And make Thy Name my sign. 'W. HONE.'" At the sale of Mr. Hone's books, I purchased a bundle of religious pamphlets; among them was _Cecil's Friendly Visit to the House of Mourning_. From the pencillings in it, it appears to have afforded him much comfort in the various trials, mental and bodily, which it is well known clouded his latter days. WILLIAM BARTON. 19. Winchester Place, Southwark Bridge Road. SHAKSPEARE'S "SMALL LATIN."--HIS USE OF "TRIPLE." (Vol. iii., p. 497.)