Martha Finley (April 26, 1828 – January 30, 1909) was a teacher and author of numerous works, the most well known being the 28 volume Elsie Dinsmore series which was published over a span of 38 years. The daughter of Presbyterian minister Dr. James Brown Finley and his wife and cousin Maria Theresa Brown Finley, she was born on April 26, 1828, in Chillicothe, Ohio. Finley wrote many of her books under the pseudonym Martha Farquharson. She died in 1909 in Elkton, Maryland, where she moved in 1876.
Ella Clinton, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1856Aunt Ruth, Philadelphia, 1857Marion Harvie, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1857Annandale: A story of the times of the Covenanters, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1858Lame Letty, Philadelphia, 1859Mildred and Elsie, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1861Try: Better Do It, Than Wish It Done, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1863Little Joe Carter, The Cripple, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1864Mysie's Work, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1864Willie Elton, The Little Boy Who Loved Jesus, Philadelphia, 1864Black Steve; or The Strange Warning, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1865Brookside Farm-House, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1865Hugo and Franz, Philadelphia, 1865Robert and Daisy, Philadelphia, 1865Allan's Fault, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1866Elsie Dinsmore, Dodd, Mead, 1867Anna Hand, the Meddlesome Girl, Philadelphia, 1868Casella, Dodd, 1868Grandma Foster's Sunbeam, Philadelphia, 1868Little Dick Positive, Philadelphia, 1868The Little Helper, 1868Little Patience, Philadelphia, 1868Loitering Linus, Philadelphia, 1868Maude's Two Home, Philadelphia, 1868Millie, or The Little Girl Who Tried To Help Others and Do Them Good, Philadelphia, 1868Stupid Sally, the Poor-House Girl, Philadelphia, 1868Amy and Her Kitten, Philadelphia, 1870Betty Page, Philadelphia, 1970The Broken Basket, Philadelphia, 1870Jamie By the Lake, Philadelphia, 1870Rufus the Unready, Philadelphia, 1870The White Dress, Philadelphia, 1870An Old-Fashioned Boy, Evans, 1871Lilian; or, Did She Do It Right?, Evans, 1871Wanted—A Pedigree, Dodd, 1871Contented Jim, Philadelphia, 1872Honest Jim, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1872How Him Did It, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1872Noll in the Country, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1872Elsie's Holidays at Roselands, Dodd, 1872Elsie's Girlhood, Dodd, 1872The Twin Babies, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1872Our Fred, Donohue, 1874The Peddler of La Grave, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1875Aunt Hetty's Fowls, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1876Elsie's Motherhood, Dodd, 1876Harry and His Chickens, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1876Harry and His Cousins, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1876Harry At Aunt Jane's, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1876Harry's Christmas in the City, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1876Harry's Fourth of July, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1876Harry's Grandma, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1876Harry's Little Sister, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1876Harry's Ride With Papa, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1876Harry's Walk With Grandma, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1876The Pewit's Nest, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1876Rosa and Robbie, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1876Mildred Keith, Dodd, 1876Elsie's Children, Dodd, 1877Mildred At Roselands, Dodd, 1879Signing the Contract, Dodd, 1879Elsie's Widowhood, Dodd, 1880Grandmother Elsie, Dodd, 1882Mildred's Married Life, Dodd, 1882Elsie's New Relations, Dodd, 1883Elsie At Nantucket, Dodd, 1884Elsie At the World's Fair, Dodd, 1884Mildred At Home, Dodd, 1884The Two Elsies, Dodd, 1885Elsie's Kith and Kin, Dodd, 1886Mildred's Boys and Girls, Dodd, 1886The Thorn in the Nest, Dodd, 1886Elsie's Friends At Woodburn, Dodd, 1887Christmas With Grandma Elsie, Dodd, 1888Elsie and the Raymonds, Dodd, 1889Elsie's Widowhood, Routledge, 1889Elsie Yachting with the Raymonds, Dodd, 1890Elsie's Vacation, Dodd, 1891Elsie At Viamede, Dodd, 1892Elsie At Ion, Dodd, 1893The Tragedy of Wild River Valley, Dodd, 1893Mildred's New Daughter, Burt, 1894Elsie's Journey on Inland Waters, Dodd, 1895Elsie At Home, Dodd, 1897Elsie on the Hudson and Elsewhere, Dodd, 1898Twiddledetwit, A Fairytale, Dodd, 1898Elsie in the South, Dodd, 1899Elsie's Young Folks in Peace and War, Dodd, 1900Elsie's Womanhood, Dodd, 1901Elsie's Winter Trip, Dodd, 1902Elsie and Her Loved Ones, Dodd, 1903Elsie and Her Namesakes, Dodd, 1905- Elsie Dinsmore (1867) - online at Project Gutenberg
- Elsie's Holidays at Roselands (1868) - online at Project Gutenberg
- Elsie's Girlhood (1872) - online at Project Gutenberg
- Elsie's Womanhood (1875) - online at Project Gutenberg
- Elsie's Motherhood (1876) - online at Project Gutenberg
- Elsie's Children (1877) - online at Project Gutenberg
- Elsie's Widowhood (1880)
- Grandmother Elsie (1882) - online at Project Gutenberg
- Elsie's New Relations (1883) - online at Project Gutenberg
- Elsie at Nantucket (1884) - online at Project Gutenberg
- The Two Elsie's (1885) - online at Project Gutenberg
- Elsie's Kith and Kin (1886) - online at Project Gutenberg
- Elsie's Friends at Woodburn (1887)
- Christmas with Grandma Elsie (1888) - online at Project Gutenberg
- Elsie and the Raymonds (1889)
- Elsie Yachting with the Raymonds (1890)
- Elsie's Vacation (1891) - online at Project Gutenberg
- Elsie at Viamede (1892)
- Elsie at Ion (1893)
- Elsie at the World's Fair (1894) - online at Project Gutenberg
- Elsie's Journey on Inland Waters (1895)
- Elsie at Home (1897) - online at Project Gutenberg
- Elsie on the Hudson (1898)
- Elsie in the South (1899)
- Elsie's Young Folks (1900)
- Elsie's Winter Trip (1902)
- Elsie and Her Loved Ones (1903)
- Elsie and Her Namesakes (1905)
- Mildred Keith(1876)
- Mildred at Roselands(1880)
- Mildred and Elsie(1881)
- Mildred's Married Life, and a Winter with Elsie Dinsmore (1882)
- Mildred at Home: With Something about her Relatives and Friends (1884)
- Mildred's Boys and Girls(1886)
- Mildred's New Daughter (1894)
