Written by Martha Finley

Christmas with Grandma Elsie

by Martha Finley

Christmas with Grandma Elsie, is a novel written by Martha Finley, whose writing spanned for more than 38 years and is remembered for her two series of novels; Elsie Dinsmore series and Mildred Keith series. Her two series contains more than 35 novels in addition to her works of many short stories and publications. Notable works of the Elsie Din..

Mildred's Married Life, and a Winter with Elsie Dinsmore

by Martha Finley

Mildred soon discovered that her husband was far from neat and orderly in his habits; but accepting the fact as the one inevitable yet small thorn joined to her otherwise delicious rose, she bore the trial with exemplary patience, indulging in never a reproachful word or even look as she quietly picked up and put in place the books, papers, and gar..

Elsie and the Raymonds

by Martha Finley

Lulu Raymond was the person addressed. She and Max had just alighted from the Woodburn family carriage—having been given permission to do a little shopping together—and she had paused upon the pavement for a moment to look after it as it rolled away down the street with her father, who had some business matters to attend to in the city that afterno..

Elsie's Friends at Woodburn

by Martha Finley

The weather on Christmas Day was an improvement upon that—the wind being less boisterous and the snow-fall only an occasional light flurry, but the sun scarcely showed his face, and as evening drew on the moon shone but fitfully and through skurrying clouds; the ground was white with snow, but as it had drifted badly, the roads were not in conditio..