Hocus Pocus Junior: The Anatomie of Legerdemain The art of jugling set forth in his proper colours, fully, plainly, and exactly, so that an ignorant person may thereby learn the full perfection of the same, after a little practise.

Hocus Pocus Junior: The Anatomie of Legerdemain by Unknown unlocks a rare 1635 how-to manual on conjuring, juggling, and street performance that shaped early modern entertainment. This historical nonfiction manual lays out the art of legerdemain in plain, practical language—promising that "an ignorant person may thereby learn the full perfection" of tricks after practice—and preserves the jargon, tips, and stagecraft of itinerant performers and showmen. Readers encounter the text’s claimed origins (traced to Egyptian practitioners), discussions of palmestry and deception, and the second-edition expansions that add clarity and new routines. The prose is brisk and instructional, often noting where figures and illustrations would guide the hands-on learner, and it captures the social context of fairs, traveling performers, and the appetite for marvels in 17th-century England. Part manual, part cultural snapshot, it reveals how conjuring blended skill, language, and theater to entertain and deceive. Ideal for historians of performance, modern magicians seeking roots of their craft, and lovers of early modern curiosities, this audiobook offers a direct line to the techniques and mindset that launched centuries of sleight of hand.