William Lewis 
Chess for Beginners [PDF ebook] 
In a Series of Progressive Lessons; Showing the Most Approved Methods of Beginning and Ending the Game; With Various Situations and Checkmates, Illustrated by Numerous Diagrams Printed in Colours

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Having often been requested to write a small work on Chess for young players, I have composed the following pages, which I hope may be found useful to those who commence the study of that delightful game. The object of this work is to teach the beginner how to open his game properly, to take advantage of those mistakes which are so commonly made in the first few moves, and by general reasoning and numerous remarks, to enable him to acquire a good style of play.