Mavor is perhaps best remembered for
The English Spelling Book, first published in 1801 and with many later editions. His other writings are: •
The Springs of Parnassus, or Poetic Miscellanies, 1779. •
Poetical Cheltenham Guide, 1781. •
The Geographical Magazine, 2 vols., 1781, published under the name of Martyn. •
Dictionary of Natural History, 2 vols., 1784, issued under the same pseudonym. •
Elegy to the Memory of Captain James King London 1785. •
Blenheim, a poem, to which is added a Blenheim Guide, 1787. •
New Description of Blenheim, 1789 (many subsequent editions). A French version appeared in 1791. • ''Vindiciæ Landavenses, or Strictures on the
Bishop of Landaff's Charge'' (addressed to Bishop
Richard Watson), 1792. •
Poems, 1793. •
Appendix to the Eton Latin Grammar, 1796. • ''The Youth's Miscellany, or a Father's Gift to his Children'', 1797 (reprinted in 2 vols. 1805 and 1814). •
Historical Account of the most celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries from the time of Columbus to the present period, 25 vols. 1798–1802. • ''The British Tourists, or Traveller's Pocket Companion through England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland'',’ 6 vols. 1798–1800, a series of tours by various authors. The third edition of 1809 contained a reprint, with alterations and omissions, of Mavor's
Tour in Wales in 1805, which had been published anonymously by
Sir Richard Phillips in 1806. •
The British Nepos, or … Lives of Illustrious Britons, 1798 (many editions). •
Elements of Natural History, 1799. • ''The Young Gentleman's and Lady's Magazine'', 2 vols., 1799. •
Natural History, London, 1800 (2nd edit. 1801). • ''The Lady's and Gentleman's Botanical Pocket Book'', 1800. •
Select Lives of Plutarch, abridged, 1800. •
The Modern Traveller, with illustrative notes, 4 vols., 1800. •
Classical English Poetry for the use of young persons, 1801, edited with
Samuel Jackson Pratt. •
The New Speaker, or English Class Book, 1801. •
Universal History, ancient and modern … to the General Peace of 1801, 25 vols., 1802–1804. •
The History of Greece, 2 vols., 1804. •
The History of Rome, 3 vols., 1804. •
The History of England, 2 vols., 1804. •
Proverbs, or the Wisdom of all Nations, 1804. • ''
Holmes's Art of Rhetoric made easy'', 1807. •
A Circle of the Arts and Sciences, 1808. •
The Eton Latin Grammar, with explanatory notes, 1809. •
General View of the Agriculture of Berkshire, London 1809, undertaken for the
Board of Agriculture. • ''The Mother's Catechism; or first principles of Knowledge'', 1809. •
Catechism of General Knowledge, 1809. •
The Catechism of Health, 1809. •
Collection of Catechisms, 2 vols., 1810. •
General Collection of Voyages and Travels, 28 vols., London 1810. •
The Garland: a selection of short poems … a new edition, London 1812. •
Catechism of the Biography of some of the more eminent Britons, London 1820. •
Catechism of the History of Scotland and of Ireland … with an Appendix respecting Wales, London 1820. Mavor also published a new edition of
Anthony Blackwall's
Introduction to the Classics, 1809. He abridged Bourgoanne's
State of Spain (1812), and edited with notes and a glossary
Thomas Tusser's
Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandrie (1812). A selection of his works was published as
Miscellanies (Oxford, 1829). ==References==