DAVIS INTERNATIONAL TOTAL RETURN FUND
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 497 (J)
The undersigned on behalf of Davis International Total Return Fund ("the
Registrant") hereby certifies that the form of prospectus and Statement of
Additional Information that would have been filed under Rule 497 (c) would not
have differed from that contained in the Registrant's most recent post-effective
amendment to its registration statement. The text of such amendment to the
registration statement was filed electronically.
Dated: February 2, 1999
Davis International Total Return Fund
By: /s/ Thomas D. Tays
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Thomas D. Tays, Secretary