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Elsie's Children

Martha Finley

Book Overview: 

This book continues the delightful "Elsie Dinsmore" series. Elsie's children, introduced in the previous volume, live life, grow up, and encounter various problems of their own.

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .The weather was delightful: because of Phil's return the children were excused altogether from lessons and nearly every day was taken up with picnics, riding, driving and boating excursions up and down the river.

They were never allowed to go alone on the water or behind any horse but "Old Nan," an old slow moving creature that Phil said "could not be persuaded or forced out of a quiet even trot that was little better than a walk, for five consecutive minutes."

The mothers were generally of the party;—Lily continuing so much better that Elsie could leave her, without anxiety, in the faithful care of her old mammy—and always one or two trusty servants were taken along.

One day Philip got permission to take old Nan and the phaeton and drive out with the two older girls, Gertrude and Elsie.

They were gone several hours and on their return, while still some miles from home were overtaken by a heavy shower, fro. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Although the editor posted is not the one I have read - I have a book from 1925.

This series of books are so good

This story is about Elsie's children... Having survived the civil war, and then the Ku Klux clan
Elsie and her husband and children press on leaning on God and teaching their children to do

The end of this first set of books. An interesting perspective they provide on events in America today.

As expected, the story was a struggle to get into at first due to not knowing any of the characters, as Elsie’s Children by Martha Finley is actually the last in a book series. The sheer number of children made that even more difficult, but Finley is consistent with mentioning relationships so I was

ELSIE'S CHILDREN is #6 in the Elsie Dinsmore series. By now Elsie has eight children,having pumped out babies as religiously as Queen Victoria. However, unlike that great and porcine monarch, Elsie remains slim, beautiful and eternally young. Most of the action centers round her daughters who are gr

Beautiful

What an entertaining and charming tale. It contains everything one could wish for in a diversion. The characters were well developed. If only it did not end.

I prefer the original Elsie classics over the Life of Faith stories (they're just more authentic). They do have their faults, yes, but overall they're really good. Elsie's Children was about, surprise, Elsie's children! They're all pretty sweet ... and perfect ... although their parents don't really

These books are a trial to read as a Catholic,though I don't know why I expect differently. I wish the author had attempted to at least learn a bit about the faith before railing against in so overblown a manner. That said, the book was still generally pleasant and heartfelt

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