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Phone: | (215)569-5530
Fax: | (215)832-5530
Email: | stokes@blankrome.com

August 18, 2010
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form N-2 filed pursuant to the
Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940
Gentlemen:
On behalf of our client, Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc., transmitted herewith is a copy of the Registration Statement on Form N-2, including exhibits, for filing under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940.
The filing fee for this Registration Statement has been transmitted to you.
Please telephone the undersigned at (215) 569-5530 or Thomas R. Westle at (212) 885-5239 with any questions you may have or for any further information you may desire.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Mary Stokes
Mary Stokes
MKS:dc
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