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How about a footnote, then? I for one would certainly like to read books the way the author wrote them. This is particular true for some recent P.C.-related changes that have been made to a couple of books and which, frankly, infuriate me.
There are many things that wouldn't be written today, be it single words or whole concepts or story lines (the casual misogyny in many Enid Blyton books comes to mind), but we must see those books in context, perhaps explain them if not readily understood, and then move on. Nobody is forced to read them, and those who do usually get the (historical and other) context.
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