Arthur Quiller-Couch Arthur Quiller-Couch Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (; 21 November 186312 May 1944) was a Cornish writer who published using the pseudonym Q. Although a prolific novelist, he is remembered mainly for the monumental publication "The Oxford Book Of English Verse 1250–1900" (later extended to 1918) and for his literary criticism. He influenced many who never met him, including American writer Helene Hanff, author of "84, Charing Cross Road" and its sequel, "Q's Legacy". His "Oxford Book of English Verse" was a favourite of John Mortimer fictional character Horace Rumpole. Arthur Quiller-Couch was born in the town of Bodmin, Cornwall, by
Arthur Quiller-Couch "Adventures in Criticism", and in 1898 he published a completion of Robert Louis Stevenson's unfinished novel, "St. Ives". From his Oxford time he was known as a writer of excellent verse. With the exception of the parodies entitled "Green Bays" (1893), his poetical work is contained in "Poems and Ballads" (1896). In 1895 he published an anthology from the 16th- and 17th-century English lyricists, "The Golden Pomp", followed in 1900 by the "Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250–1900". Later editions of this extended the period of concern to 1918 and it remained the leading general anthology of English verse until