The Greater Inclination was the earliest collection of short fiction from Edith Wharton. It was published by Charles Scribner's Sons on the 25th of March, 1899. The first edition printing of 1,250 sold out by June of the same year. The collection consisted of eight works, seven of which are short fiction, and one is a short play in two acts.TABLE OF CONTENTSTHE GREATER INCLINATIONI_The Muse's Tragedy_.II_A Journey_.III_The Pelican_.IV_Souls Belated_.V_A Coward_.VI_The Twilight of the God_.VII_A Cup of Cold Water_.VIII_The Portrait_.THE GREATER INCLINATIONTHE MUSE'S TRAGEDYDanyers afterwards liked to fancy that he had recognized Mrs. Anerton atonce; but that, of course, was absurd, since he had seen no portrait ofher--she affected a strict anonymity, refusing even her photograph to themost privileged--and from Mrs. Memorall, whom he revered and cultivatedas her friend, he had extracted but the one impressionist phrase: "Oh,well, she's like one of those old prints where the lines have th.. 
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