Elsie Dinsmore

by Martha Finley, 1stworld Library (Editor)

Overview

The school-room at Roselands was a very pleasant apartment; the ceiling, it is true, was somewhat lower than in the more modern portion of the building, for the wing in which it was situated dated back to the old-fashioned days prior to the Revolution, wh

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781421829920
Publisher:	1st World Library
Publication date:	12/20/2006
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

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.

Editorial Reviews

There has been almost no character in American juvenile fiction which has attained more widespread interest and affection than Elsie.”

1893 Ladies Home Journal