In this book the author of Seven Gothic Tales gives a true account of herlife on her plantation in Kenya. She tells with classic simplicity of the waysof the co... » 

In this book the author of Seven Gothic Tales gives a true account of herlife on her plantation in Kenya. She tells with classic simplicity of the waysof the country and the natives of the beauty of the Ngong Hills and coffeetrees in blossom of her guests from the Prince of Wales to Knudsen the oldcharcoal burner who visited her of primitive festivals of big game that wereher near neighborslions rhinos elephants zebras buffaloesand of Luluthe little gazelle who came to live with her unbelievably ladylike andbeautiful.The Random House colophon made its debut in February 1927 on the cover of alittle pamphlet called Announcement Number One. Bennett Cerf and DonaldKlopfer the companys founders had acquired the Modern Library frompublishers Boni and Liveright two years earlier. One day their friend theillustrator Rockwell Kent stopped by their office. Cerf later recalledRockwell was sitting at my desk facing Donald and we were talking about doinga few books on the side when suddenly I got an inspiration and said Ive gotthe name for our publishing house. We just said we were going to publish a fewbooks on the side at random. Lets call it Random House. Donald liked theidea and Rockwell Kent said Thats a great name. Ill draw your trademark.So sitting at my desk he took a piece of paper and in five minutes drewRandom House which has been our colophon ever since. Throughout the yearsthe mission of Random House has remained consistent to publish books of thehighest quality at random. We are proud to continue this tradition today.This edition is set from the first American edition of 1937 and commemoratestheseventyfifth anniversary of Random House. «