Jonathan Couch remains. The "History of Polperro", (1871), issued after his death by his son, T. Q. Couch, is his chief work in this department. The stories in this book were re-used by Louisa Sarah Ann Parr in her successful novel about smuggling titled "Adam and Eve". Couch left three sons by his second wife: Richard Quiller, Thomas Quiller (father of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch), and John Quiller, who all became surgeons (Quiller being their mother's maiden name and Quiller's House the family residence). Thomas practised successfully at Bodmin, and died on 23 October 1884, aged 58. He was a constant contributor to
Charles Lee (author) amongst the group of artists who formed the Newlyn School. His "Cornish Tales" had an introduction by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. After relocating to the London suburbs, he worked as senior editor for J. M. Dent, where, owing to his talent for editing prose, he came to be known as "the man with the green pen." As well as a number of short stories he wrote several plays, journals, and musical scores and a guide book of St Mawgan:- "The Vale of Lanherne", . In collaboration with D.B. Wyndham Lewis he compiled "The Stuffed Owl", an anthology of bad (mainly inappropriate