The Columbian Orator, by Caleb Bingham: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Columbian Orator, by Caleb Bingham, credited to Caleb Bingham, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Columbian Orator, by Caleb Bingham by Caleb Bingham. Read in English by TheNeobro; Jim Locke; A LibriVox Volunteer; DebK; Linette Geisel; David Olson; Chuck Williamson; Kalynda; MaryAnnS; Algy Pug; progressingamerica; Larry Wilson; Sonia; Leanne Yau; Tomas Peter; April6090; Craig Franklin; Nemo; Brian Darby; CarinaStarr7; SunnyMoroz; Carol The Columbian Orator, a collection of political essays, poems, and dialogues first published in 1797, was widely used in American schoolrooms in the first quarter of the 19th century to teach reading and speaking. Typical of many readers of that period, the anthology included many speeches celebrating "republican virtues" and promoting patriotism. The Columbian Orator is an example of progymnasmata, containing examples for students to copy and imitate. In his Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, former slave and abolitionist writer Douglass describes how he "got hold" of a copy of the Columbian Orator at the age of twelve, with far-reaching consequences for his life. - Summary by Wikipedia Some of the sections were done as Dramas instead of solos. The readers for these Dramas are: Kalynda, MaryAnnS, Algy Pug, Linette Geisel, David Olson, progressingamerica, Chuck Williamson, A LibriVox Volunteer, Larry Wilson, Sonia, Craig Franklin, Nemo, Leanne Yau, Tomas Peter, Jim Locke, April6090, and CarinaStarr7. The dramas were edited and proof listened by Linette Geisel and A LibriVox Volunteer.

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Columbian Orator, by Caleb Bingham
• Author credits: Caleb Bingham
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 84
• Listed recording duration: 11:33:02

Catalogue topics

• speeches
• oration

Opening tracks: first 24 of 84

1. 00 - Introduction and Preface — 3:03
2. 01 - General Instructions for Speaking — 53:15
3. 02 - Oration on Eloquence - Perkins — 8:53
4. 03 - Speech in Congress, 1789 - Washington — 5:22
5. 04 - Speech of a Roman General - P. Emilius — 4:16
6. 05 - Exhortation on Temperance in Pleasure - Blair — 5:20
7. 06 - Judah's Plea for Benjamin, before Joseph - Philo — 5:26
8. 07 - Plea in behalf of Thomas Muir - Muir — 4:13
9. 08 - On the starry Heavens - Hervey — 6:01
10. 09 - Paper, a Poem - Franklin — 3:55
11. 10 - Speech before the Roman Senate - Cato — 3:15
12. 11 - Dialogue between Duellist, Savage, and Mercury - Littleton — 10:25
13. 12 - Speech of an Indian Chief — 3:42
14. 13 - On the Creation of the World - Blair — 5:28
15. 14 - Lines spoken by a little Boy - Everett — 1:48
16. 15 - Speech in the British Parliament, 1766 - Pitt — 6:37
17. 16 - Scene from the Farce of Lethe - Garrick — 6:55
18. 17 - Eulogy on Dr. Franklin - Fauchet — 11:49
19. 18 - Epilogue to Addison's Cato — 2:47
20. 19 - Self-Conceit, an Address by a small Boy — 5:04
21. 20 - Dialogue between Howard and Lester — 4:00
22. 21 - Christ's Crucifixion - Cumberland — 7:48
23. 22 - The Wonders of Nature - Hervey — 4:00
24. 23 - Dialogue on Physiognomy — 5:55

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