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Best-known as the author of the Elsie Dinsmore series for young readers, Martha Farquharson Finley (1828-1909) was raised as a Presbyterian, and also wrote over 50 volumes for the Presbyterian Board of Publication and the Presbyterian Publishing Committee. She was related to both Samuel Finley, President of Princeton, and the Scottish Covenanter John Brown of Priesthill. Religious themes dominated her writing, and the amount of literature she produced — mostly written for children, but not always so — was prodigious. We are still adding her works to Log College Press, but we wanted to alert our readers to what’s available here:
All 28 volumes of the Elsie Dinsmore series (spanning her life starting when she became a Christian as a young girl);
All 7 volumes of the Mildred Keith series (Mildred was a second cousin of Elsie);
Historical fiction about the Scottish Covenanters (Annandale, A Story of the Times of the Covenanters) and the Waldensians (Casella, or, The Children of the Valleys); and
Novels such as Wanted — A Pedigree, Signing the Contract, and The Thorn in the Nest.
Elsie Dinsmore is still popular today among young Christian readers. All of her stories are here to read, but there is much more. Take a look at her page, and explore her writings for the young and old(er). She combined engaging stories with Christian principles, and readers will be edified as well as entertained.
