The full subject classification of the chapbooks and juvenile literature collection is as follows:
Books of guidance for children and adults:
Children's books: Recreative | Children's books: Instructive | Religion and moral teaching |
1: Toy books and nursery rhymes | 9: Alphabets and tables | 21: Bible: General and O.T. |
2: Books for children of 1-7 years | 10: Reading books, grammars etc. | 22: Bible: N.T. |
4: Books for children of 7-17 years | 11: General information | 23: Scriptural and church history |
5: Poetry | 12: Maths, physics and chemistry | 24: Devotional works |
8: Bound collections of the above | 13: Geology and botany | 25: Morals and manners |
14: Nature study | 26: Tracts | |
15: Useful arts and trades |
Books of information:
Magic, etc. | History, geography and travels | Crime |
30: Prophecies and fortune-telling | 40: World history and ancient history | 50: Crimes and criminals |
31: Strange events and accidents | 41: Great Britain: History | |
33: Valentines | 42: Great Britain: Local history and guidebooks | |
43: Other countries: History | ||
44: Geography and travels: General | ||
45: Geography and travels: Great Britain | ||
46: Geography and travels: Other countries |
Books for entertainment:
Songbooks, jestbooks and chapbooks proper | Drama | Miscellaneous |
54: Songs and song-books | 61: Plays | 64: General |
55: Jest-books, riddles and games | 65: Miniature books | |
56: Chapbooks proper | 66: Miniature books: From Banbury | |
67: Miniature books: From London | ||
68: Miniature books: From York | ||
69: Miniature books: Other |
As a guide to the proportions of each type of material held in the University Library, some 250 volumes are in class 1, 500 in class 4, 575 in class 26, 240 in class 54 and 530 in 56, with considerably fewer in the other classes.