The Mystery of a Hansom Cab on Robinson Crusoe: “A female Robinson Crusoe," says a writer who prided himself upon being a keen observer of human nature--"a female Robinson Crusoe would have gone mad for want of something to talk to."”
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab on Vivian Grey: “Oh, you see, I've read the Parliamentary reports and Constitutional history, and--and Vivian Grey," said Felix, who began to feel himself somewhat at sea.”
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab on An Omnibus Mystery: “In one of Du Boisgobey's stories, entitled 'An Omnibus Mystery,' a murder closely resembling this tragedy takes place in an omnibus, but we question if even that author would have been daring enough to write about a crime being committed in such an unlikely place as a hansom cab.”
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab on The Pickwick Papers: “Yes; do you remember that horrible story of Dickens', in the 'Pickwick Papers,' about the man who was mad, and knew it, yet successfully concealed it for years?”