He sailed from England on 28 March 1896 aboard the Royal Mail Ship RMS Norman and on the voyage exhibited Robert W. Paul's Theatrograph to the passengers.

After Australia he toured Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), India, China, Japan, the Fiji Islands and Hawaii.

In 1923, Hertz had sent Houdini a letter revealing a trick he used to fool the jury at the court trial for Mme.

His "Aerolithe" illusion involved a girl dancing on air[4] – a court case was brought that accused him of stealing it from a German magician.

He published his autobiography in 1924, Modern Mystery Merchant; The Trials, Tricks and Travels of Carl Hertz, the Famous American Illusionist.