I just saw the first episode of season 2 of Downton Abbey and saw that the cowardly Moseley gave the loyal Anna a copy of “Elizabeth and her German Garden” by Elizabeth von Arnim. I first read Elizabeth von Arnim because an Italian friend suggested I read “All the Dogs of my Life,” her very tart and very merry memoir. Then I got to write the introduction to the New York Review Books edition of “The Enchanted April,” a book to read over and over. Especially when it’s raining. Flowers, Positano…












