Proofreading anthologies

This weekend I've been proofreading a collection of short stories, written by various authors at the turn of the last century. The anthology brought up two editorial issues:

1. Where a book comprises works from different authors, the editor/proofreader must decide whether to impose a house style upon all the stories, so that the book as a whole is consistent, or whether to respect each author's individual style. Clearly, each story was edited by a different editor a century ago, so each had a differing style. For this book, we've respected the author's style in many cases, but made some overall changes where the inconsistency may have bothered a reader (e.g. style of ellipses).
2. Because these stories were written 100 years ago, the authors used grammatical and linguistic styles that we wouldn't employ today - e.g. 'inquire' where we'd use 'enquire' and spellings such as 'to-night'. In the main, we left these original styles intact, which gives a greater sense of the author's original work.

If you're a fan of crime fiction, the book's a must-read. Look out for The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes when it publishes soon.