In copy-right law. A literary work setting forth a story, incident, or scene from life, in which, however, the narrative is not related, hut is represented by a dialogue and action; may include a descriptive poem set to music, or a pantoinine, but not a composition for musical instruments alone, nor a mere spectacu-lar exhibition or stage dance. Daly v. Palm-er, 6 Fed. Cas. 1132; Carte v. Duff (C. C.) 25 Fed. 183; Tompkins v. Halleck, 133 Mass. 35, 43 Am. Rep. 480; Russell v. Smith, 12 Adol. & El. 236; Martlnettl v. McGuire, 16 Fed. Css. 920; Fuller v. Bemis (C. C.) 50 Fed. 926