His poetry from World War I was satirical; at the time he was reviewing for the New Statesman, using the name Solomon Eagle (taken from a Quaker of the seventeenth century) - one of his reviews from 1915 was of The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence.
In 1934, Scott-James took over the editorship of the influential magazine, the London Mercury from J. C. Squire, in which he published many canonically recognized authors of modernism.
Chris Squire | Kurt Squire | squire | Orson Squire Fowler | The Squire of Gothos | Matt Squire | John Squire | J. C. Squire | The Adventure of the Reigate Squire | Squire Parsons | Squire Hardman (poem) | ''Squire Hardman'' (poem) | Squire | Richard "Squire" Lee | James Squire | Ford Country Squire |
J.C. Squire served as editor from November 1919 to September 1934; Rolfe Arnold Scott-James succeeded Squire as editor from October 1934 to April 1939.