Lisa's Date with Density a child from Josh Weinstein's school days who everyday would get onto the bus with a piece of toast, which had Vaseline on it. A majority of the story is a reference to the film "Rebel Without a Cause". Lisa remarks that Nelson is "like a riddle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a vest", a reference to "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma"; this was Winston Churchill's opinion of Russia at the outbreak of the World War II. In its original broadcast, "Lisa's Date with Density" finished 63rd in ratings for the week of December 9–15,
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab Mystery and Detective Stories", writing, "The author was determined to make a fortune by creating a story 'containing a mystery, a murder, and a description of low life in Melbourne'. He succeeded. Like a rich plum in our vintage mystery pudding we include the whole novel in this collection." A parody edition, titled "The Mystery of a Wheelbarrow" (1888), is attributed to a W. Ferguson. The same year, it was adapted for the stage by Arthur Law. "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab" (1911) is a film produced by Amalgamated Picture, an Australian adaptation of the book. In 1915, the