The Affable Stranger

Peter McArthur in this book "The Affable Stranger" discussed further some journals published in the Toronto Globe in the early twentieth century. This book discusses some of the issues faced within society as recorded by journalists. A practical book that focused on the impact of capitalism and agitators within the economy. A book of historical relevance for people who want to know about incidences that happened in the early 1900s.

"One day a group of Americans talked for publication without being aware of the fact. The democratic sociability of an observation car made it possible for me to get expressions of opinion on many sub-jects without the caution and frequent insincerity of formal inter-views. No one knew the name or occupation of any of his fellow-passengers, and the conversation had “a charter large as the wind.” For twelve hours, while making the trip from Montreal to Boston, the conversation ebbed and flowed over many fields of human interest, and by interjecting a remark here and there it was possible to turn the talk in any direction. Having a definite purpose in view and plenty of time at my disposal, I managed to get some spontaneous expressions of opinion along the particular line in which I am interested at the moment. Before leaving Toronto I had been assured that I should be much irritated by the egotism of Americans regarding the winning of the war. With this in mind I resolved to take no part in the conversation if the subject came up for discussion, but to listen attentively." - Chapter 1

Excerpt from The Affable Stranger To make clear the purpose of this book and to suggest possibilities to the reader the author offers the following article which was published in the Toronto Globe. Most of the chapters first appeared in the same journal. Ekfrid, July 28. - This morning I got up feeling singularly cheerful and care-free. And no wonder. Yesterday I got even with the world - said everything I wanted to say about it right down to the last word. This morning I feel that I am making a fresh start with all scores paid, and I don't care whether school keeps or not. The explanation of this unusual state of mind is quite simple. Yesterday I finished writing a book, in which I said just what I wanted to say - said what I have been aching to say for years - about the world and things in general. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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