JL's source for his novel 'Star Rover'

1. Passing of Korea
There were plenty of side marks in "passing of Korea" stocked in JL library.
These marks are indicated mainly before p. 150.

p. 17: "As rice is the national dish,... Kimchi... minari.... part among the side dishes."
p. 18: (marked) "Korea is celebrated... ginseng, of course takes the leading place."
p. 21: (marked) "tiger"
p. 24: "the wicked ruler prince Yunsan(1495-1506)"
p. 41: "kisang(dancing-girl)"
p. 42: (marked) "after the vocabulary of abuse has been exhausted the two constestants clinch with with each other, each attempting to grasp the other by the top-knot, which forms a most convenient handle."
pp.62-3: included a photo of prinsoners with kals
p. 63: (marked) "The commonest method of purnishing officials has always been banishment."
p. 65: (marked) "Beating seems to be an essential feature in almost all punishment."
p. 66: (marked) description of torture. "He was bound about the ankles and the knees, and then two sticks were crowded down between his two calves and pried apart like levers so that the bones of the lower leg were slowly bent without breaking."
p. 86 (marked) "In 1361 occurred another of those periodical invasions to the Hong-du, or "Red heads," - a wild robber tribe."
p. 87: (marked) "One was a monk named Sindon"
p. 106: (marked) "Sparwehr sailed from Holland, with Hendrik Hamel as supercarge."
pp. 116-7: "The Late Regent, Prince Tai-wun"
p. 186: Yi Yong-ik
pp. 282-283: included a photo of playing Jang-gi
Estra: water-carrier, ba-duk, Kangwwondo mine,