LORD ABBETT MID-CAP VALUE FUND, INC.
May 7, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Lord Abbett Mid-Cap Value Fund, Inc. (the "Fund")
1933 Act File No. 2-82544
1940 Act File No. 811-3691
Gentlemen:
Pursuant to paragraph (j) of Rule 497 and the requirements of the
current EDGAR Filer Manual and Regulation S-T, we certify that the form of
prospectus and statement of additional information that would have been filed
under paragraph (c) of this section would not have differed from that contained
in the most recent registration statement (Post-Effective Amendment No. 17)
which was filed electronically April 30, 1998.
I trust the above is sufficient for your purposes.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Thomas F. Konop
Thomas F. Konop
Vice President
