The non-fiction index entries each have a subject code, and
these codes are outlined here.
| A | Art, architecture, design, photography, brass-rubbing | |
| B | Biography,history, royalty, royal honours, traditions, archaeology, general knowledge of the past | |
| C | Craft, crochet, knitting, embroidery, flower arrangement, collecting, gifts | |
| D | Dress, fashion, dressmaking | |
| E | Entertaining, etiquette, home-making, household management, party-giving, furniture-making | |
| F | Food, cookery | |
| G | Girl's employment and training, self-education, schools, care and education of children | |
| H | Health, hospitals, nursing, beauty, care of hair | |
| I | Industry, commerce, agriculture, history of objets d'art, shopping | |
| J | Plays, entertainments, games | |
| L | Legal, financial, business methods, trade, large-scale catering, charity, fund-raising | |
| M | Comments on music and advice on musical performance | |
| N | Nature study, gardening, geology, pets, ponies | |
| P | Sport, dancing, riding, swimming, cycling, exercising | |
| R | Christian religion, social service, personal relationships, philosophy | |
| S | Science, mathematics, mechanics, machinery | |
| T | Travel, holidays, girls of other lands | |
| V | Poetry, literature, language, writing, talking, reciting, broadcasting, use of libraries; book reviews (by book title and author); book-binding | |
| W | Politics, the war, logic, the calendar, world order, superstitions | |
| X | General, answers to correspondents, competitions, humour, GOP club news |
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