Lengvutė Lietuvos istorija is a Lithuanian history book published in 1910 in Riga by A. Maciejauskas and written by him (the author is designated by the pseudonym A. Agaras , A. Agaras ). The publication cost 25 kopecks .
Contains brief information on Lithuanian history, ethnography and mythology. At the beginning of some chapters couplets from Lithuanian folk songs are given.
The introduction to the book tells about the origin of man, that people are from Central Asia, and more precisely from Iran. Further articles are devoted to such nationalities as the Prussians , Latgals , Zemgals , etc. A separate article is devoted to the beliefs of the ancient Balts . Many sections of the book about the most famous Lithuanian rulers.
Interesting articles about such Lithuanian rulers as Mindovg (Mindaugas), Gediminas (Gediminas), Olgerd (Algirdas) and Vitovt (Vytautas). The merits and years of the rule of these and some other princes are briefly described. Articles are provided with black and white portraits of the above personalities.
In the last part of the book, cultural and educational figures are mentioned: Daukantas, Simonas , Kudirka, Vintsas , Basanavičius, Jonas , etc. The author of the book is mentioned - Agaras (Matsiauskas , Antanas ). On the back of the cover are publications and toys that were sold in the author’s store. The publication of Lithuanian history was not particularly comfortable.
The textbook was no longer reprinted.