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, 1856
Aunt Ruth, Philadelphia, 1857
Marion Harvie, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1857
Annandale: A story of the times of the Covenanters, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1858
Lame Letty, Philadelphia, 1859
Mildred and Elsie, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1861
Try: Better Do It, Than Wish It Done, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1863
Little Joe Carter, The Cripple, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1864
Mysie's Work, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1864
Willie Elton, The Little Boy Who Loved Jesus, Philadelphia, 1864
Black Steve; or The Strange Warning, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1865
Brookside Farm-House, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1865
Hugo and Franz, Philadelphia, 1865
Robert and Daisy, Philadelphia, 1865
Allan's Fault, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1866
Elsie Dinsmore, Dodd, Mead, 1867
Anna Hand, the Meddlesome Girl, Philadelphia, 1868
Casella, Dodd, 1868
Grandma Foster's Sunbeam, Philadelphia, 1868
Little Dick Positive, Philadelphia, 1868
The Little Helper, 1868
Little Patience, Philadelphia, 1868
Loitering Linus, Philadelphia, 1868
Maude's Two Home, Philadelphia, 1868
Millie, or The Little Girl Who Tried To Help Others and Do Them Good, Philadelphia, 1868
Stupid Sally, the Poor-House Girl, Philadelphia, 1868
Amy and Her Kitten, Philadelphia, 1870
Betty Page, Philadelphia, 1970
The Broken Basket, Philadelphia, 1870
Jamie By the Lake, Philadelphia, 1870
Rufus the Unready, Philadelphia, 1870
The White Dress, Philadelphia, 1870
An Old-Fashioned Boy, Evans, 1871
Lilian; or, Did She Do It Right?, Evans, 1871
Wanted—A Pedigree, Dodd, 1871
Contented Jim, Philadelphia, 1872
Honest Jim, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1872
How Him Did It, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1872
Noll in the Country, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1872
Elsie's Holidays at Roselands, Dodd, 1872
Elsie's Girlhood, Dodd, 1872
The Twin Babies, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1872
Our Fred, Donohue, 1874
The Peddler of La Grave, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1875
Aunt Hetty's Fowls, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1876
Elsie's Motherhood, Dodd, 1876
Harry and His Chickens, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1876
Harry and His Cousins, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1876
Harry At Aunt Jane's, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1876
Harry's Christmas in the City, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1876
Harry's Fourth of July, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1876
Harry's Grandma, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1876
Harry's Little Sister, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1876
Harry's Ride With Papa, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1876
Harry's Walk With Grandma, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1876
The Pewit's Nest, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1876
Rosa and Robbie, Presbyterian Publications Board, 1876
Mildred Keith, Dodd, 1876
Elsie's Children, Dodd, 1877
Mildred At Roselands, Dodd, 1879
Signing the Contract, Dodd, 1879
Elsie's Widowhood, Dodd, 1880
Grandmother Elsie, Dodd, 1882
Mildred's Married Life, Dodd, 1882
Elsie's New Relations, Dodd, 1883
Elsie At Nantucket, Dodd, 1884
Elsie At the World's Fair, Dodd, 1884
Mildred At Home, Dodd, 1884
The Two Elsies, Dodd, 1885
Elsie's Kith and Kin, Dodd, 1886
Mildred's Boys and Girls, Dodd, 1886
The Thorn in the Nest, Dodd, 1886
Elsie's Friends At Woodburn, Dodd, 1887
Christmas With Grandma Elsie, Dodd, 1888
Elsie and the Raymonds, Dodd, 1889
Elsie's Widowhood, Routledge, 1889
Elsie Yachting with the Raymonds, Dodd, 1890
Elsie's Vacation, Dodd, 1891
Elsie At Viamede, Dodd, 1892
Elsie At Ion, Dodd, 1893
The Tragedy of Wild River Valley, Dodd, 1893
Mildred's New Daughter, Burt, 1894
Elsie's Journey on Inland Waters, Dodd, 1895
Elsie At Home, Dodd, 1897
Elsie on the Hudson and Elsewhere, Dodd, 1898
Twiddledetwit, A Fairytale, Dodd, 1898
Elsie in the South, Dodd, 1899
Elsie's Young Folks in Peace and War, Dodd, 1900
Elsie's Womanhood, Dodd, 1901
Elsie's Winter Trip, Dodd, 1902
Elsie and Her Loved Ones, Dodd, 1903
Elsie 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)
