English: Taras Shevchenko's last book in his lifetime, published at the author's expense for the initial literacy of adult Ukrainians in their native language in free Sunday schools. The primer contains the alphabet of printed and handwritten letters, traditional texts for reading by syllables, own chants of individual Psalms of David, five daily prayers, numbers and a multiplication table. The second half of the book is occupied by dumy about Oleksiy Popovych, about Marusya Boguslavka, as well as 13 folk proverbs. The poet's manual was compiled in the autumn of 1860, and at the end of December it was printed in a circulation of 10,000 copies, although the time of publication is indicated on the cover as the following year.