SENTINEL GROUP FUNDS, INC.
April 1, 1999
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
Re: Post-Effective Amendment No. 86 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A of
Sentinel Group Funds, Inc.
(File Nos. 2-10685 and 811-214)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "1933 Act"), Sentinel Group Funds, Inc. (the "Fund") hereby certifies
that:
(1) the form of Prospectus that would have been filed pursuant to Rule
497(c) under the 1933 Act would not have differed from that contained in
Post-Effective Amendment No. 86 to the Fund's Registration Statement on Form
N-1A; and
(2) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 86 to the Fund's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 1999.
Very truly yours,
SENTINEL GROUP FUNDS, INC.
By: /s/ D. Russell Morgan
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Secretary
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