Adam Gopnik reviews Anthony Grafton’s book “Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa,” which examines the role of self-styled magicians in the Renaissance.

On the whole, “Gift of the Magi” encapsulates the best of what O. Henry stories accomplish, a brief lived-in human experience. One that is often, for good, bad, or in-between, ...

In the cozy embrace of the Helen Borgers Theatre, the Long Beach Shakespeare Company presents its delightful rendition of O. Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi,” an adaptation by Lauren Velasco ...