Agârbiceanu visited Bucharest, the Old Kingdom capital, in 1906, and sent enthusiastic travel notes for "Unirea". At the kingdom's Jubilee Expo, he chanced upon critic Eugen Lovinescu, who recalled him as visibly a "poet's soul [...] descended from his mountains into the citadel of our worries, pride, and aspirations." He became a regular contributor to the Bucharest nationalist review "Sămănătorul", which gave "De la țară" a sonorous welcome, and later to "Sămănătorul"s leftist rival, "Viața Românească". As Agârbiceanu recalled some fifty years later, his indifference to the ideological clash between the two clubs caused him to be publicly reprimanded by Nicolae Iorga of "Sămănătorul", who never fully pardoned his transgression. With his occasional investigations of life in the Old Kingdom before and after the 1907 peasants' revolt, Agârbiceanu also turned to critiquing its institutions. One of his first contributions in Iorga's "Neamul Românesc" magazine was an article celebrating King Carol I's decision to pardon the rebels, and joining in the array of voices demanding more, and more substantial, reforms. From 1909, after reconciling with Iorga, he was also one of the regular writers for that magazine.