In 1871, he joined Junimea society and actively participated in its workings, including literary circles, open lectures and publications.
[2] In the summer of 1897, he was on one of his frequent trips to the Văratec Monastery area; he boarded the train with his wife, fell ill near Iași, probably from a heart attack, was taken home and died that evening.
He published original poems, literary and philological studies, critical articles and numerous translations; these largely remain in the magazines that ran them.
Vârgolici prepared to marry her and legitimize their position, but his plans were blocked by the intervention of Junimea colleagues Titu Maiorescu, Iacob Negruzzi.
In 1888, a year after her death, Vârgolici, by then 45, married Natalia's 25-year-old first cousin Elena Tiron, whose father was a leading member of the National Liberal Party's Iași chapter.