Quiller-Couch's books are long out of print; you'll probably have to search your antiquarian shops or try bookfinder to find them. Beware, you may have to choose between very expensive copies and copies which are so fragile you're afraid to read them.

This is a collection of lectures given at Cambridge sometime in the early 1900s. "Q" is full of attitude and opinion, and makes liberal reference to English and classical literature. Topics include the differences between verse and prose, the difficulties of each, and some generalities on the practice of writing.

I loved the lecture on Jargon. Q ridicules
    He was conveyed to his place of residence in an intoxicated state
preferring
    He was carried home drunk.

If you think this might appeal to you, then it probably will; if you think it must be quite dull, it certainly will be.