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Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2

Isaac D'Israeli (1766 - 1848)

This is the second volume of the collected Curiosities of Literature by Isaac D'Israeli. As in volume one, D'Isreali again takes us on a tour around literature, with a dash of history and politics here and there. The subjects are so varied that all listeners can count on learning something new. - Summary by Carolin

Genre(s): Literary Collections

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Charles the First	Jim Locke	00:11:55
Play 02	Duke of Buckingham	Jason in Panama	00:06:45
Play 03	The Death of Charles IX	Jim Locke	00:07:51
Play 04	Royal Promotions	Jim Locke	00:06:18
Play 05	Nobility	Jason in Panama	00:01:55
Play 06	Modes of Salutation, and Amicable Ceremonies, Observed in Various Nations	Kate Follis	00:11:30
Play 07	Fire, and the Origin of Fireworks	Jason in Panama	00:10:41
Play 08	The Bible Prohibited and Improved	Kate Follis	00:12:33
Play 09	Origin of the Materials of Writing	Jim Locke	00:21:32
Play 10	Anecdotes of European Manners	Jim Locke	00:27:16
Play 11	The Early Drama	Jim Locke	00:11:09
Play 12	The Marriage of the Arts	Jim Locke	00:08:20
Play 13	A Contrivance in Dramatic Dialogue	Jason in Panama	00:05:19
Play 14	The Comedy of a Madman	Sonia	00:05:10
Play 15	Solitude	Jim Locke	00:13:33
Play 16	Literary Friendships	Kalynda	00:09:39
Play 17	Anecdotes of Abstraction of Mind	Sonia	00:08:55
Play 18	Richardson	Greg Giordano	00:09:43
Play 19	Influence of a Name	Jim Locke	00:30:46
Play 20	The Jews of York	Diana Schmidt	00:11:33
Play 21	The Sovereignty of the Seas	Jason in Panama	00:04:12
Play 22	On the Custom of Kissing Hands	Jason in Panama	00:05:37
Play 23	Popes	Jason in Panama	00:05:20
Play 24	Literary Composition	Jim Locke	00:20:26
Play 25	Poetical Imitations and Similarities	Sonia	00:39:37
Play 26	Explanation of the Fac-Simile	Greg Giordano	00:08:54
Play 27	Literary Fashions	Jason in Panama	00:08:37
Play 28	The Pantomimical Characters	Jim Locke	00:43:17
Play 29	Extemporal Comedies	Jim Locke	00:22:06
Play 30	Massinger, Milton, and the Italian Theatre	Jim Locke	00:12:34
Play 31	Songs of Trades, or Songs for the People	Jim Locke	00:23:24
Play 32	Introducers of Exotic Flowers, Fruits, etc.	Jim Locke	00:21:15
Play 33	Usurers of the Seventeenth Century	Jim Locke	00:39:27
Play 34	Chidiock Titchbourne	Jim Locke	00:24:26
Play 35	Elizabeth and her Parliament	Jim Locke	00:23:02
Play 36	Anecdotes of Prince Henry, the Son of James I, when a Child	Jim Locke	00:21:16
Play 37	The Diary of a Master of the Ceremonies	Jim Locke	00:31:17
Play 38	Diaries - Moral, Historical, and Critical	Jim Locke	00:27:53
Play 39	Licensers of the Press	Jim Locke	00:41:18
Play 40	Of Anagrams and Echo Verses	Jim Locke	00:22:20
Play 41	Orthography of Proper Names	Kate Follis	00:12:35
Play 42	Names of Our Streets	Greg Giordano	00:10:22
Play 43	Secret History of Edward Vere, Earl of Oxford	Jason in Panama	00:07:02
Play 44	Ancient Cookery, and Cooks	Kate Follis	00:31:20
Play 45	Ancient and Modern Saturnalia	Jim Locke	00:39:31
Play 46	Reliquiae Gethinianae	Jim Locke	00:11:12
Play 47	Robinson Crusoe	Jason in Panama	00:08:40
Play 48	Catholic and Protestant Dramas	Kate Follis	00:11:43
Play 49	The History of the Theatre during its Suppression	Jim Locke	00:31:41
Play 50	Drinking-Customs in England	Kate Follis	00:30:24
Play 51	Literary Anecdotes	Jim Locke	00:08:59
Play 52	Condemned Poets	Greg Giordano	00:15:19
Play 53	Acajou and Zirphile	Jim Locke	00:07:18
Play 54	Tom o' Bedlams	Kate Follis	00:19:15
Play 55	Introduction of Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate	Kate Follis	00:29:42
Play 56	Charles the First's Love of the Fine Arts	Jim Locke	00:29:45
Play 57	Secret History of Charles the First, and his Queen Henrietta	Kate Follis	00:41:42
Play 58	The Minister - the Cardinal Duke of Richelieu	Jim Locke	00:19:49
Play 59	The Minister - Duke of Buckingham, Lord Admiral, Lord General, etc. etc. etc.	Kate Follis	00:56:53
Play 60	Felton, the Political Assassin	Kate Follis	00:27:16
Play 61	Johnson's Hints for the Life of Pope	Greg Giordano	00:08:26
Play 62	Modern Literature - Bayle's Critical Dictionary	Jim Locke	00:18:49
Play 63	Characteristics of Bayle	Jim Locke	00:21:01
Play 64	Cicero Viewed as a Collector	Jim Locke	00:09:13
Play 65	The History of the Caracci	Jim Locke	00:20:50
Play 66	An English Academy of Literature	Kate Follis	00:30:40
Play 67	Quotation	Kate Follis	00:15:30
Play 68	The Origin of Dante's Inferno	Jim Locke	00:20:17
Play 69	Of a History of Events which have not Happened	Kate Follis	00:31:14
Play 70	Of False Political Reports	Jim Locke	00:16:23
Play 71	Of Suppressors and Dilapidators of Manuscripts	Jim Locke	00:30:22
Play 72	Parodies	Jim Locke	00:23:17
Play 73	Anecdotes of the Fairfax Family	Jim Locke	00:10:50
Play 74	Medicine and Morals	Greg Giordano	00:22:20
Play 75	Psalm-Singing	Sonia	00:20:06
Play 76	On the Ridiculous Titles Assumed by Italian Academies	Jim Locke	00:32:40
Play 77	On the Hero of Hudibras, Butler Vindicated	Jim Locke	00:15:53
Play 78	Shenstone's School-Mistress	Jim Locke	00:14:42
Play 79	Ben Johnson on Translation	Jason in Panama	00:03:52
Play 80	The Loves of 'The Lady Arabella'	Jim Locke	00:47:50
Play 81	Domestic History of Sir Edward Coke	Jim Locke	00:31:58
Play 82	Of Coke's Style, and his Conduct	Jim Locke	00:06:46
Play 83	Secret History of Authors who have Ruined their Booksellers	Jim Locke	00:38:35

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