 From 1837 he produced each year the ""Cheltenham Annuaire"", a local directory and diary.The Gentleman's Magazine, reviewing this wrote ""This is a work elevated above the class to which it would otherwise belong, by the ability and good taste manifested in its accessories… The first [of a series of essays] is by the editor Mr H Davies whose talents both as an editor and as an essayist have been honourably displayed.