John Collings Squire (1884–1958) was perhaps best known as a journalist and literary critic. He became literary editor at the New Statesman in 1913 and wrote a series of critical essays as Solomon Eagle, a witty yet despairing guide to contemporary writing. His essays from the magazine were collected in Books in General (1918–1921) and in Sunday Mornings (1930). Squire’s other efforts included the Howard Latimer Publishing Company, and the London Mercury, an influential magazine he founded.