WORLD INVESTMENT SERIES, INC.
Federated Investor Funds
5800 Corporate Drive
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15237-7000
April 1, 1999
EDGAR Operations Branch
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
450 Fifth Street, Northwest
Washington, DC 20549
RE: WORLD INVESTMENT SERIES, INC.(the "Registrant")
1933 Act File No. 33-52149
1940 ACT FILE NO. 811-7141
Dear Sir or Madam:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, the
above-named Registrant which has 10 portfolios, hereby certifies that the
definitive forms of prospectuses and statements of additional information dated
March 31, 1999, that would have been filed under Rule 497(c), do not differ from
the forms of prospectuses and statements of additional information contained in
the most recent registration statement for the Registrant. This registration
statement was electronically filed under Rule 485(b) as Post-Effective Amendment
No. 18 on April 1, 1999.
If you have any questions regarding this certification, please call me
at (412) 288-8239.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Karen M. Brownlee
Karen M. Brownlee
Assistant Secretary
