“His head is clearer than his poetry is fine; he is sober, and he has a vein of reflection not wholly resembling other men’s, but the strength that he has displayed rather than implied, and his metaphors, of which he apparently is proud, are painfully overdeveloped.”
− + Nation 112:86 Ja 19 ’21 80w
“The writing of verse is only one of Mr Squire’s innumerable activities, and yet he is a poet of no small talent. Unlike most of his brother Georgians, he is at his best when he is most metaphysical. At his best he is fantastically powerful; at his worst he is florid and bombastic. The present volume shows him more in the latter mood.”
+ − N Y Evening Post p11 N 6 ’20 180w
“Mr Squire in his present volume has lost none of that quiet controlled distinction which was always his; but he seems to have got rid of the rather hard, metallic note which was noticeable in some of his former work. The most remarkable poem of the book is called ‘A far place.’ To us it seems one of the most original and absolutely successful and complete poems that Mr Squire has ever written.”
+ Spec 123:376 S 20 ’19 620w
“This little book is not merely a joy in itself and additional to what is now a considerable body of work, but extremely rich in promise.”
+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p409 Jl 31 ’19 980w
SQUIRE, JOHN COLLINGS (SOLOMON EAGLE, pseud.). Books in general. (2nd ser.) *$2.50 (3½c) Knopf 824
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