Mr. P.W. Coussens
P.W. Coussens was thanked by Edith Granger in her preface to Granger’s as the person who wrote the first draft of what would become the Index.
In the 100-year history Columbia University Press, 1893-1983, Henry H. Higgins describes Columbia’s contracts with A.C. McClurg & Co., the wholesale book dealer and publisher of the Index. “Granger’s was originated by one member of their staff (P.W. Coussens) and edited by another (Edith Granger).”
Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens completed other work which contributed to literature and libraries. It appears that Coussens found a passion for children's literature and compiled and edited several collections for children.
COUSSENS --Penrhyn w. Coussens, 7518 N. Seely avenue, beloved husband of Elizabeth, fond father of Ada, Eve, and Mervyn, brother of Edward of Canada, Thomas and Beatrice of London, England, and survived by six grandchildren. Resting at funeral home, 6959 N. Clark street. Services at St. Paul by the Lake church. Saturday, 3:30 p.m. Interment Memorial Park
Chicago Daily Tribune, April 28, 1944
[Coussens dedicated A Child’s Book of Stories to Ada, Eva, and Mervyn.]
A Child's Book of Stories. New York, Duffield & Co., 1911.
The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient. New York: Duffield and Company, 1922
One Thousand Books for Children. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1911.
Poems Children Love: A Collection of Poems Arranged for Children and Young People of Various Ages. New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1908.