The Square Club for writers was a monthly dining club

Dining club

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 that met in London, from 1908/9 to about 1913/4, and included many of the established younger-generation authors. The founders included Edward Garnett

Edward Garnett

Edward Garnett was an English writer, critic and a significant and personally generous literary editor, who was instrumental in getting D. H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers published. His father Richard Garnett was a writer and librarian at the British Museum...

, G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton

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 and Conal O'Riordan. It was just one of a number of similar London groups (Garnett had another Soho

Soho

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 circle that was distinct); it was perhaps the most substantial such grouping of its time, with a concentration of those enjoying professional success. The name was for Mr. Square, the philosopher character in Henry Fielding

Henry Fielding

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's Tom Jones

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

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Others who participated included J. D. Beresford

J. D. Beresford

John Davys Beresford was an English writer, now remembered for his early science fiction and some short stories in the horror story and ghost story genres. His Hampdenshire Wonder was a major influence on Olaf Stapledon. His other science-fiction novels includeThe Riddle of the Tower, about a...

, Walter de la Mare

Walter de la Mare

Walter John de la Mare , OM CH was an English poet, short story writer and novelist, probably best remembered for his works for children and the poem "The Listeners"....

, John Galsworthy

John Galsworthy

John Galsworthy OM was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter...

, W. H. Hudson, Roger Ingpen, Edgar Jepson

Edgar Jepson

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, Arthur Machen

Arthur Machen

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, John Masefield

John Masefield

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, and Edward Thomas

Edward Thomas

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. Ezra Pound

Ezra Pound

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 on arriving in London found it easy to make contacts through the club, but less easy to convince those there through his flamboyance. Jepson introduced Ford Madox Ford

Ford Madox Ford

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