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This is a critical article on a article of Prof. Jeong Myeong-gi(2001). He had suggested some new opinions on the history of Grculating Libraries in pre-modern period, but I could not agree some of them. Here are the results of my opinion below.
1. The circulating libraries of Choseon had taken a huge change in early 20 century(approximate1y 1895-1915).
2. It was the most important change the printed novels, not manuscript novels, had been the main items of circulating libraries.
3. The printed novels had made circulating libraries smaller.
4. The small market was enough to maintain the small circulating libraries. So the circulating libraries could be spreaded out to small city, countryside.