The Elsie Dinsmore Series

Martha Finley (April 26, 1828 – January 30, 1909) was an American teacher and writer of numerous works, best known for The Elsie Dinsmore Series which was published over a span of 38 years. The Elsie Dinsmore Series, c ontains 19 books, includes:
• Elsie Dinsmore (1867)
• Holidays at Roselands (1868)
• Elsie's girlhood (1872)
• Elsie's womanhood (1875)
• Elsie's motherhood (1876)
• Elsie's children (1877)
• Elsie's widowhood (1880)
• Grandmother Elsie (1882)
• Elsie's new relations (1883)
• Elsie at Nantucket (1884)
• The two Elsies (1885)
• Elsie's kith and kin (1886)
• Christmas with Grandma Elsie (1888)
• Elsie's vacation and after events (1891)
• Elsie at Viamede (1892)
• Elsie at the World's Fair (1894)
• Elsie at home (1897)
• Elsie on the Hudson and elsewhere (1898)
• Elsie in the South (1899)